Comments on: Imaginary Polish covers for classic books http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html#comment-1131051 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1131051 I used to have a book of Polish poster art. Wow. Back in the 60s they were head and shoulders above everyone else. I snitched at least a dozen ideas from it. I used to have a book of Polish poster art. Wow. Back in the 60s they were head and shoulders above everyone else. I snitched at least a dozen ideas from it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html#comment-1131610 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1131610 This was very interesting. So much so, that I felt the urge to make my own imaginary cover (for R.U.R. by Karl Capek). For some reason I chose to do Russian rather than Polish but it was fun to do anyway. Here it is for anyone who might like to see it. http://frohickey.deviantart.com/art/Russian-R-U-R-Cover-212060014 This was very interesting. So much so, that I felt the urge to make my own imaginary cover (for R.U.R. by Karl Capek). For some reason I chose to do Russian rather than Polish but it was fun to do anyway. Here it is for anyone who might like to see it. http://frohickey.deviantart.com/art/Russian-R-U-R-Cover-212060014

]]> By: allybeag http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html#comment-1131908 allybeag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1131908 When I was at school, longer ago than I care to admit, I had a penpal in Poland, who set up a subscription for me for a Polish art magazine. I couldn't read the Polish text, but the artwork and graphics were absolutely amazing, as were the cartoons whose humour was mostly visual so knowledge of the language wasn't necessary. I was studying Art at school at the time, and I think those magazines influenced me quite a lot. Polish design wasn't widely known about on our side of the Iron Curtain in those days; I'm glad there's more awareness now. When I was at school, longer ago than I care to admit, I had a penpal in Poland, who set up a subscription for me for a Polish art magazine. I couldn’t read the Polish text, but the artwork and graphics were absolutely amazing, as were the cartoons whose humour was mostly visual so knowledge of the language wasn’t necessary. I was studying Art at school at the time, and I think those magazines influenced me quite a lot. Polish design wasn’t widely known about on our side of the Iron Curtain in those days; I’m glad there’s more awareness now.

]]> By: Phanatic http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html#comment-1131407 Phanatic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1131407 Somethingawful's photoshop goons did a run of Polish-style movie posters a while back: http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/polish-movie-posters.php Somethingawful’s photoshop goons did a run of Polish-style movie posters a while back:

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/polish-movie-posters.php

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html#comment-1130921 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1130921 Wonderful things indeed! Thank you. Wonderful things indeed! Thank you.

]]> By: JArmstrong http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html#comment-1130935 JArmstrong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1130935 I was raised by parents who love Polish "Cyrk" posters. I then became enthralled with commercial Polish poster art in general, with a specific love for their takes on some of my favorite films (<a href="http://www.polishposter.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=posters&Product_Code=1109">The Blues Brothers</a> ,for example. And now, it seems, I am on to Polish book jacket design... exxxxxxcellent. I was raised by parents who love Polish “Cyrk” posters. I then became enthralled with commercial Polish poster art in general, with a specific love for their takes on some of my favorite films (The Blues Brothers ,for example.

And now, it seems, I am on to Polish book jacket design… exxxxxxcellent.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/06/06/imaginary-polish-cov.html#comment-1131193 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1131193 Doing a GIS for "***** cover art" for any book, particularly SF books, will turn up some amazingly weird stuff. Doing a GIS for “***** cover art” for any book, particularly SF books, will turn up some amazingly weird stuff.

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