April Realms of Fantasy Cover

by Publisher Warren Lapine on January 23, 2010

This is the current draft of the April Realms of Fantasy cover. Let me know what you think! There may be some more edits before publication.

{ 7 comments… read them below or add one }

renamski January 23, 2010 at 2:40 pm: I’m really loving the art. Who is the artist?
Editor Douglas Cohen January 23, 2010 at 2:43 pm: Dominic Harman.
Melissa Mead January 23, 2010 at 9:32 pm: Nice! Could someone ask them not to use yellow print on the inside this time? It was very hard to read.

It’s fun knowing that the art is now a “sneak peek” at one of the stories.
Editor Douglas Cohen January 23, 2010 at 9:40 pm: I mentioned this one the magazine’s facebook account, but I’ll mention it here as well. I wouldn’t want anyone feeling misled when they receive the issue. This cover isn’t an illustration for any of the stories inside. Whenever possible, we try to put an interior illustration on the cover, so that the cover reflects the magazine’s content. But unfortunately, we’re not always able to make this happen. This isn’t a reflection on the quality of any of the interior artwork, since not every great illustration is right for a cover. So when we run into this situation, we then check to see if anything in the artist gallery might be used on the cover. But sometimes nothing here is quite right for us either. So when that happens, we have to find our cover art out from other sources. That is the case here.

As to the yellow print on the inside, Warren discusses that in the comments thread over on his LJ: http://warrenlapine.livejournal.com/32842.html
Melissa Mead January 24, 2010 at 10:56 am: Oh. Well, it’s still a nice cover.
Thanks!
renamski January 24, 2010 at 2:40 pm: I like this gold/yellow much more than the brighter yellow. Maybe I’m just nit- picking, but I think it makes a difference.
Editor Douglas Cohen January 24, 2010 at 11:18 pm: We welcome the nitpicking! Warren doesn’t have to post these cover drafts in advance, but we genuinely welcome the feedback from our readers. Thanks!