http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry/comment-page-1#comment-1111 plastic surgery » The Kindness of Henry Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:17:46 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry#comment-1111 [...] came across this post - The Kindness of Henry - and thought it was worth sharing. I hope you find it interesting too and take the time to read [...] [...] came across this post – The Kindness of Henry – and thought it was worth sharing. I hope you find it interesting too and take the time to read [...]

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry/comment-page-1#comment-1112 Simon Sellars Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:51:57 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry#comment-1112 Oh yeah? I liked it. This lady has a waxy mannequin feel, which seems appropriate for Ballard. And she's just a torso, too, perfect for the erotica of anatomy going on in this book. Maybe the orb over the boob is a little obvious, but I just like how it's all integrated with Empire. Oh yeah? I liked it. This lady has a waxy mannequin feel, which seems appropriate for Ballard. And she’s just a torso, too, perfect for the erotica of anatomy going on in this book. Maybe the orb over the boob is a little obvious, but I just like how it’s all integrated with Empire.

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry/comment-page-1#comment-1113 Supervert Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:29:36 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry#comment-1113 I really liked Henry Yee's other Ballard covers, especially the ones for Crash and Super-Cannes, but I think this one is rather trite. It has the virtue of trying to be true to the text, but the picture looks like a photography student's "art nude" and placing the center of the flag over her breast is an obvious move design-wise. It makes the book look like literary erotica, rather than literature that happens sometimes to include erotica. I really liked Henry Yee’s other Ballard covers, especially the ones for Crash and Super-Cannes, but I think this one is rather trite. It has the virtue of trying to be true to the text, but the picture looks like a photography student’s “art nude” and placing the center of the flag over her breast is an obvious move design-wise. It makes the book look like literary erotica, rather than literature that happens sometimes to include erotica.

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry/comment-page-1#comment-1114 Rick McGrath Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:52:03 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/the-kindness-of-henry#comment-1114 King Henry, surely? Yes, a great design... but very very unfortunately marred only by the placing of a blurb from the San Francisco Chronicle right over the winsome maiden's left breastal region... talk about media becoming the message... can I say it sucks? That's what back covers are for... Love the flag/woman images, though... her headless beauty is similar to the pictures of the naked Claire JG liked to snap in his naughty days. King Henry, surely? Yes, a great design… but very very unfortunately marred only by the placing of a blurb from the San Francisco Chronicle right over the winsome maiden’s left breastal region… talk about media becoming the message… can I say it sucks? That’s what back covers are for… Love the flag/woman images, though… her headless beauty is similar to the pictures of the naked Claire JG liked to snap in his naughty days.

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