Posts Tagged: Mad Ship

final-ship-of-Magic-US-smallfinal-Mad-Ship-cover-US-smallfinal-Ship-of-Destiny-cover-US-smallfinal-ship-of-Magic-US-thumbfinal-Mad-Ship-cover-US-thumbfinal-Ship-of-Destiny-cover-U-thumb

Robin Hobb has unveiled new covers for the Liveship Traders trilogy, with art from French artist Didier Graffet, and they’re mighty fine.

The previous North American covers for the Liveship Traders series were, umm… less than ideal (though perhaps ahead of their time for artist Stephen Youll’s illustration of a strong woman on the cover, without her boobs hanging out), and these are a big improvement. It’s too bad that that beveled text has become part of Hobb’s brand, though.

Graffet’s work might be familiar to Hobb fans for his work on the French graphic novel adaptation of the Farseer trilogy. “I was delighted when I first saw his images of the Farseers on the various covers [Graffet] did for the Soleil graphic novels of The Farseer Trilogy,” said Hobb. “So I am delighted to now have his work on the US paperback covers.”