{"id":4627,"date":"2010-09-28T08:43:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T16:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2020-06-27T06:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T14:40:05","slug":"cover-art-help-choose-the-cover-for-the-book-of-transformations-by-mark-charan-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-help-choose-the-cover-for-the-book-of-transformations-by-mark-charan-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | Help choose the cover for ‘The Book of Transformations’ by Mark Charan Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Content Warning: Transphobia<\/strong> \u2014 In both my original post and comments in the discussion below, I make ignorant and hurtful anti-trans remarks. They are wrong now and were wrong at the time I wrote them. I<\/em> was wrong\u2014and Mr. Newton correctly called out my ill-informed and ill-considered words. I apologize to those hurt by my words and to the wider transgender community.<\/p>\n

Trans women are women. Period.<\/p>\n

If you would like more information about how to support the transgender community, please visit GLAAD’s page about “Things You Can Do For Transgender Equality.”<\/a> – Aidan Moher, June 27, 2020<\/p>\n

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Over on his blog, Mark Charan Newton is running a poll to choose the cover for his next novel<\/a>. The two candidates:<\/p>\n\"'The<\/a>\n\"'The<\/a>\n

Now, Mark and I are good friends, and I’ve greatly enjoyed both of his novels, but, we’ve long disagreed about cover art. And, frankly, it looks like we’ll continue to disagree. For a series lauded for its originality and ties to the New Weird<\/em>, we’re shown another bland, lowest-common-denominator cover; a far cry from the beautiful US<\/a> and UK covers<\/a> for the Hardcover edition of Newton’s first book, Nights of Villjamur<\/strong>. It’s like choosing between a turd and a Murphy Brown: Season 2<\/em> DVD. Mark did mention that the posted covers lack polish, so we can probably expect improvements similar to the ones applied to the MMPB cover<\/a> of City of Ruin<\/strong>, but that likely won’t be enough to change my opinion. I have to admit, I just don’t understand the branding angle they’re taking with Newton’s work.<\/p>\n

For all the hullabaloo about The Book of Transformations<\/strong> featuring a trans-gendered character on the cover… she certainly looks like a regular saucy Urban Fantasy chick. Not saying she should look like a man, but rather that her unique situation (that, presumably helps define her character in the novel) should lend a more unique take on her appearance. Newton’s trying to push at the boundaries of the genre… and his publisher’s lumping him right in the middle of the crowd.<\/p>\n

For the record, the first cover, the close-up, is the far-and-away leader in Newton’s poll. So maybe I’m wrong. Drop by his blog<\/a> if you’re interested in leaving your two cents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Content Warning: Transphobia \u2014 In both my original post and comments in the discussion below, I make ignorant and hurtful anti-trans remarks. They are wrong now and were wrong at the time I wrote them. I was wrong\u2014and Mr. Newton correctly called out my ill-informed and ill-considered words. I apologize to those hurt by my… 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":[31,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-cover-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n