Today I found out about Paperback Paradise... a Twitter account run by a person who somehow recreates (or creates?) paperback covers from around the era when I was a youngish person, using new words (often rude words), always in a completely deadpan way and era-perfect typography.
I've weeded through the really rude examples (which I usually don't find all that funny) to find a few that give the best idea of this person's skills both graphically and verbally:
That blocky sans serif type is such a look from fantasy and science fiction in cheap paperbacks of the 1960s.
Then there's this twist on a juvenile title look:
With its nice combination of ITC Benguiat and Korinna, it's very 1970s.
Just when you need a break from our current maelstrom, you run across something like this and you get a break for a few minutes. Thank you, Paperback Paradise!
Monday, April 13, 2020
Paperback Paradise
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2 comments:
These are great.
Fabulous! I can attest that that first cover with the knight and bats is a real book. I may still have it someplace around here. Its original type looked pretty similar.
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