I would assume that this design is little more than the fulfillment of requirements as dictated by marketing and the decency police. But that doesn’t make me like it any less.
—
, 2008-02-20 04:12:00 -0500
I’ve been reading about Neresian’s latest novel in the Akashic catalog, and after seeing the provocative title of this earlier book I was wondering how in the world the other publisher was able to market it. Now I know – very well done. I assume they did something similar with the spine?
I’m not positive but I believe the spine displays the whole title. If it does it’s brilliant because stores would be reluctant to show it spine out!
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, 2008-02-20 12:59:00 -0500
I have this book and from the moment i noticed the clever design of the provocative title, i loved it. Enjoyed reading it too, actually.
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, 2008-02-20 15:11:00 -0500
What’s there not to like. I love the word and the fact that you can wrap it on cover. And it would be completely lame without the pigeon—which I have always pictured as walking around and saying “fuck, fuck, fuck…”
I like this cover. I would love to see the pigeon cut out of the picture box so it isn’t trapped in the square—so it has more room to roam around the cover.
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, 2008-02-21 03:23:00 -0500
This book was part of the MTV book publishing series back in the day. Perks of Being a Wallflower comes from the same era.
I used to be (well, still kind of am) a pretty big Nersesian fan. One of the best book packagings I’ve seen comes from an early edition of “Suicide Cassanova” where the book was bound in a black VHS plastic case.
Anyway, I digress. The type treatment saves this from the otherwise cliché styling of the MTV books at the time. Every book in the series were waxy covers with tiny oddly placed pictures.
m welch
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, 2008-02-21 13:05:00 -0500
i too, would like to see the pigeon freed. i like that it adds a little extra interest (as if the title wasn’t enough…) to the cover but would rather see a line drawing perhaps, in the same yellow as the title. i picture it debossed on a fabric covered hardback, like an old library book. is this a paperback? matte? gloss? can we please see a picture of this one?
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, 2008-02-21 14:13:00 -0500
If the pigeon was free it would not make it a fuck-up. It would make it a pretty smart little pigeon…
With the “naughtiness” of the title aside—which, by the way, repulses me rather than interests me—it’s a confused cover. It looks quite like an uninspired biology lab workbook. It’s flat and disinteresting. Grade: D
Is it obvious to no one that Polansky stole this concept from Johannes Itten’s iconic cover of Próst-ata?? Mr. Keyton always turns a blind eye to this kind of shamefulness.
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, 2008-09-17 10:38:00 -0400
Its covers like this that illustrate the need for the full design to be shown on this website and not just the front? The whole design in the cover, spine and back. What do you think?
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, 2008-12-11 00:50:00 -0500
I agree with what you said, Ben. This cover is arresting.
The Fuck-Up
I would assume that this design is little more than the fulfillment of requirements as dictated by marketing and the decency police. But that doesn’t make me like it any less.
— , 2008-02-20 04:12:00 -0500
I’ve been reading about Neresian’s latest novel in the Akashic catalog, and after seeing the provocative title of this earlier book I was wondering how in the world the other publisher was able to market it. Now I know – very well done. I assume they did something similar with the spine?
— Pete , 2008-02-20 05:08:00 -0500
Thanks for asking exactly what I wanted to know, Pete. What does the spine look like?
But yes, very nicely done—clever all-around.
— Suzie , 2008-02-20 06:08:00 -0500
Deklah Polansky designed this. We really need to see the spine and back…
— mb , 2008-02-20 06:32:00 -0500
Without knowing the answer, I bet the spine is just part of the big F and the part of the U we can’t see, on grey.
— Martin , 2008-02-20 06:38:00 -0500
Yeah apologies for not taking a photo of this one.
The full title is The Fuck-Up. It starts on the far-left edge of the back cover and just wraps all the way around.
— Ben Pieratt , 2008-02-20 07:06:00 -0500
I’m not positive but I believe the spine displays the whole title. If it does it’s brilliant because stores would be reluctant to show it spine out!
— , 2008-02-20 12:59:00 -0500
I have this book and from the moment i noticed the clever design of the provocative title, i loved it. Enjoyed reading it too, actually.
— , 2008-02-20 15:11:00 -0500
What’s there not to like. I love the word and the fact that you can wrap it on cover. And it would be completely lame without the pigeon—which I have always pictured as walking around and saying “fuck, fuck, fuck…”
— Ian Shimkoviak , 2008-02-20 17:33:00 -0500
I like this cover. I would love to see the pigeon cut out of the picture box so it isn’t trapped in the square—so it has more room to roam around the cover.
— , 2008-02-21 03:23:00 -0500
This book was part of the MTV book publishing series back in the day. Perks of Being a Wallflower comes from the same era.
I used to be (well, still kind of am) a pretty big Nersesian fan. One of the best book packagings I’ve seen comes from an early edition of “Suicide Cassanova” where the book was bound in a black VHS plastic case.
Anyway, I digress. The type treatment saves this from the otherwise cliché styling of the MTV books at the time. Every book in the series were waxy covers with tiny oddly placed pictures.
m welch
— , 2008-02-21 13:05:00 -0500
i too, would like to see the pigeon freed. i like that it adds a little extra interest (as if the title wasn’t enough…) to the cover but would rather see a line drawing perhaps, in the same yellow as the title. i picture it debossed on a fabric covered hardback, like an old library book. is this a paperback? matte? gloss? can we please see a picture of this one?
— , 2008-02-21 14:13:00 -0500
If the pigeon was free it would not make it a fuck-up. It would make it a pretty smart little pigeon…
— Ian Shimkoviak , 2008-02-22 10:18:00 -0500
With the “naughtiness” of the title aside—which, by the way, repulses me rather than interests me—it’s a confused cover. It looks quite like an uninspired biology lab workbook. It’s flat and disinteresting. Grade: D
— C-Dog , 2008-03-05 09:30:00 -0500
Is it obvious to no one that Polansky stole this concept from Johannes Itten’s iconic cover of Próst-ata?? Mr. Keyton always turns a blind eye to this kind of shamefulness.
— , 2008-09-17 10:38:00 -0400
Its covers like this that illustrate the need for the full design to be shown on this website and not just the front? The whole design in the cover, spine and back. What do you think?
— , 2008-12-11 00:50:00 -0500
I agree with what you said, Ben. This cover is arresting.
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