{"id":4326,"date":"2010-08-16T09:44:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2010-08-16T09:44:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:44:16","slug":"an-aside-cover-art-cliches-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/art\/cover-art\/an-aside-cover-art-cliches-for-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Cover Art Cliches for 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Orbit's<\/a>\n

Last year, Orbit Books<\/a> had a bit of fun by rounding up a huge swathe of 2008’s Fantasy novels<\/a> and compiling a graph of the cliches used in the art. Now, they’re back at it<\/a>, taking a look at the covers for 2009’s novels and comparing them against the novels in 2008.<\/p>\n

It’s interesting to see that nearly all the categories dropped off (Maps<\/em>, Hobbits\/Dwarves\/Trolls\/Ogres<\/em>, and Guns<\/em> are the only categories to see an increase in 2009), suggesting, perhaps, that we actually saw a bit more variance in the cover art released in 2009. I think we’re all shocked by how low Hooded Figures<\/em> ranked; though, if they took out the ‘hooded’ part and added in ‘hired college student wearing a cloak, labelled with a tramp stamp and\/or looking menacing<\/a>‘ to the list, I’m sure it’d rank near the top. I do like those ‘dark covers of meaningless’, though. We could use more of them, and maybe even add in a ‘light cover of meaningless’ or a ‘colourful cover of meaningless’ while we’re at it.<\/p>\n

It’s an interesting, humourous look at the trends in the industry. It certainly shows that cliches are alive and well<\/a> in the hearts of readers and the minds of graphic designers and marketers everywhere. Also of note is that Orbit Books<\/em> will be compiling a similar graph based on the titles of novels released in 2009, which should be of equal interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year, Orbit Books had a bit of fun by rounding up a huge swathe of 2008’s Fantasy novels and compiling a graph of the cliches used in the art. Now, they’re back at it, taking a look at the covers for 2009’s novels and comparing them against the novels in 2008. It’s interesting to… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n