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Alternative Down and Out covers

Mitch did a project for a San Francisco State University course in Design and Industry in which he created three alternative covers for Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. He sez,

The cover titled "experimental" is a photo I shot of Tomorrowland with my Digital Rebel from the Monorail last year. I added vertical grain to it to give it a dissonant look. The type is terminal inspired.

"conventional" is a drawing of a robot action figure that I did a little while back which turned out to work really well with this project. Reminiscent of the animatronics in the story. This is my favorite of the covers.

Not much to say about the typographic cover other than I like the way your name turned out with the bisecting line.

Comments (0) | Posted on December 14, 2005 03:34 PM

With Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom author Doctorow creates a unique premise enhanced by a playful setting and witty dialogue. This is science fiction for the non sci-fi reader as well as for hardcore fans of the genre – think Carl Hiassen crossed with Phillip K. Dick…with just a dash of Disney magic.

Kat Lively,
Single for Now Magazine

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