The Out Is Classic Design

Turns out the platonic ideal of 1950s pulp covers are the work of a man called Mitchell Hooks. Who knew? Well, these guys, but that’s not important right now. What is important is that we can all now join together in wishing that books still looked as awesome as this. Just look at the typography, even if you don’t dig the illustrations (Although, if you don’t, then you’re insane).

(Seriously, this is the kind of thing that the covers to Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips’ Criminal aspire to already, but I’d love to see many other comics manage this kind of design playfulness. Is that just me?)

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