tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post4534251487393722030..comments2024-03-17T00:00:13.417+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: The Wheel of Time Art-Off, Part 2Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-42175066831263169292019-08-12T01:03:22.260+00:002019-08-12T01:03:22.260+00:00I know I'm years to late, but I'll chime i...I know I'm years to late, but I'll chime in anyway. I'm just happy that some of the new covers acknowledge that the books starred characters other than three men. Grrarrgghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-68111771184218802862011-08-06T05:39:17.560+00:002011-08-06T05:39:17.560+00:00Moiraine on the new New Spring cover looks like Su...Moiraine on the new New Spring cover looks like Summer Glau lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-62263027090692618512011-07-20T10:46:48.783+00:002011-07-20T10:46:48.783+00:00The comparison is of course skewed as we're lo...The comparison is of course skewed as we're looking at it with our 'modern' senses of what looks good and what does not. Back in the day when EotW first got released that cover fit right in with what was considered a good cover (style wise). Having said that I'm definitely not a fan of Sweets style, especially with the weird perspective showing people as 'dwarfes'.Wilfred Berkhofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17280816385419837984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-62289051965380282052011-07-20T00:10:32.255+00:002011-07-20T00:10:32.255+00:00Of the new covers overall, I'd say The Shadow ...Of the new covers overall, I'd say The Shadow Rising is my favorite. Not only does it portray my favorite character, it does so almost completely accurately and in a very powerful way.<br /><br />My least favorite is probably Towers of Midnight, just because it's so good that it annoys the bejesus out of me that it looks nothing like Perrin is described. My friends and I jokingly refer to it as the 'Elyas' cover because he looks so old.Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349856826984371213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-82228311110896298642011-07-19T20:48:38.127+00:002011-07-19T20:48:38.127+00:00I gave Sweet two out of all the match-ups.
Your ...I gave Sweet two out of all the match-ups. <br /><br />Your Path of Daggers choice is particularly odd, as the Julie Bell cover is very good at depicting something that Sweet never did: women channeling/doing magic.Tree Froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332609654612510967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-17023997937647671872011-07-19T18:33:15.433+00:002011-07-19T18:33:15.433+00:00That Knife of Dreams cover makes me laugh every ti...That Knife of Dreams cover makes me laugh every time. Perrin as a middle-aged dwarf. It actually took me a few minutes and a process of elimination to figure out it was supposed to be Perrin. I think it may actually be worse than The Gathering Storm (although Rand's bizarrely shrunken forearm is hilarious).Cutsnakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-75471668102347364822011-07-19T17:54:54.772+00:002011-07-19T17:54:54.772+00:00Wert, I have never read any of the Wheel of Time b...Wert, I have never read any of the Wheel of Time books because of the terrible covers! I know one should go beyond that but the odd look of the characters and the "forced perspectives" did not seem to promise anything memorable inside. I like most all of the new covers. I may have to start reading the series!Somestuff44noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-40521080488464647012011-07-19T17:21:19.656+00:002011-07-19T17:21:19.656+00:00I never got why one of the seminal works of epic f...I never got why one of the seminal works of epic fantasy had such crappy cover art. Even the better of the new ones aren't fantastic. I'd much prefer a consistent somewhat abstract design, a la the A Song of Ice and Fire books with A Game of Thrones golden with a lion, A Clash of Kings blue with a crown, etc.TheDudeDiogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613928663752680375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-77480337685132090542011-07-19T16:56:48.399+00:002011-07-19T16:56:48.399+00:00I don't like the new New Spring cover, though....I don't like the new New Spring cover, though. It looks like a photoshopped version of a tacky Fabio romance cover, with hairs and cloaks all blowing in different directions. <br /><br />Though in case of Sweet I wonder if he had any idea what human anatomy looks like, and his sense of perspective is warbled.<br /><br />Ah well, it can't always be Kormack or Howe/Lee. And painting programs have probably replaced the good old pens, oils and watercolours for good.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-34565685717435111742011-07-19T15:57:55.833+00:002011-07-19T15:57:55.833+00:00TGS went to #1 on the inner content, not the Sweet...TGS went to #1 on the inner content, not the Sweet cover... That late in the series, almost nobody buying TGS won't have read the series and loved it, so the cover art won't really matter. I'd still read if they were covered in brown paper bags. Or if they had kindergarteners do the covers.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02916029162515653766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-68956791571138249052011-07-19T15:50:46.306+00:002011-07-19T15:50:46.306+00:00I have to say (without having read the books and o...I have to say (without having read the books and only judging by the covers, of course...) that the new covers as a series have a weird <i>design</i>, even if they have much finer <i>cover art</i>. Something about the particularly large mention of the author and the particularly small font for the book title offsets the often <i>much</i> improved cover art of the new editions. In that sense, even the old, super-tacky style looks a little better...Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-38464424655275443232011-07-19T15:08:12.035+00:002011-07-19T15:08:12.035+00:00Julie Bell's Path of Daggers cover looks like ...Julie Bell's <b>Path of Daggers</b> cover looks like something out of X-Men, with Jean Grey and everything. (That could even be Emma Frost and Shadowcat.)Salt-Man Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042401821387954296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-60319542627296818772011-07-19T13:44:26.955+00:002011-07-19T13:44:26.955+00:00I'm surprised Sweet received any points at all...I'm surprised Sweet received any points at all. I could never understand why Rand looked like a slightly (more) freakish Arnold Schwarzenegger with MAHOOSIVE muscles. e.g. Crown of Swords: http://bit.ly/nJdoq2HOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487220207267203170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-87997964281430782482011-07-19T13:42:22.572+00:002011-07-19T13:42:22.572+00:00Did that Crossroads cover actually have any effort...Did that Crossroads cover actually have any effort put into it? The text and title are clear as, but the image is abysmal quality.<br /><br />The new covers are pretty damned good, though.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584173641687026307noreply@blogger.com