I wonder if Het teeken van den dood seems familiar because of Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted. It has a similar out-of-focus face with a sharp, handwritten title.
Patrick, thanks for the suggestion. I think I'm dealing here with the "dangers" of running an image blog and following so many image blogs -- visual overload leading to a constant sense of deja vu. (This could also be insanity!)
Julia, I added those corrections, thank you very much.
I love the dust wrapper for "The Devil's Jazzband". Not that all the others are not wonderful. One of the things I find interesting about "The Devil's Jazzband" is that it was published in 1941 after the Nazis had invaded Holland.
Bizar Entree and Villa Cascara are my favorites of the bunch-- so lurid, even campy. Love it!
ReplyDeletethanks for the article, amazing covers. times may change styles but beauty prevails.
ReplyDeleteExcellent!!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Het teeken van den dood seems familiar because of Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted. It has a similar out-of-focus face with a sharp, handwritten title.
ReplyDeleteI'm entranced by everything you do here. Have been following this blog for a while now with undiminished fascination.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't mind, some minor corrections of your rendering of the Dutch:
- De Jazzband van den Duivel ("the devil's jazzband")
- De Burgemeester te Paard ("the mayor on horseback")
Thank you for your nice comments.
ReplyDeletePatrick, thanks for the suggestion. I think I'm dealing here with the "dangers" of running an image blog and following so many image blogs -- visual overload leading to a constant sense of deja vu. (This could also be insanity!)
Julia, I added those corrections, thank you very much.
Will
My favorite's got to be "Het teeken van den dood." Thanks for pulling this together - very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love "Het teeken van den dood".
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the face is so familiar because it looks like Cesare from "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari":
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh8/Huesos_emd/Cesare.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/CABINETOFDRCALIGARI-02.jpg
Wonderful covers! Thanks very much.
ReplyDeleteI love the dust wrapper for "The Devil's Jazzband". Not that all the others are not wonderful. One of the things I find interesting about "The Devil's Jazzband" is that it was published in 1941 after the Nazis had invaded Holland.
ReplyDeleteI love them all but especially "In memoriam de Schaduw" with the spider tipping his hat!
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