Friday Face-Off: Ripped/Torn
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined theme, post and compare two or more different covers available for that book, then name your favorite. A list of future weeks’ themes are available at Lynn’s Book Blog.
This week’s theme is:
~ a cover that features RIPS/TEARS
Mogsy’s Pick:
This week’s topic is another in which I’ll be featuring a series instead of the usual cover showdown. First of all, the covers are just perfect for the theme, and second of all, they are just so AWESOME. The Killing Joke, Harley Quinn: Mad Love, and Court of Owls are a trio of “DC’s prose” novels that came out in 2018 from Titan Books based on some of the greatest characters and stories to come out of the Batman universe. I’ve only read the latter two, but enjoyed them both a lot; plus I’ve always admired their covers for their cleverness and creativity. Honestly, I can’t pick a favorite. They’re all great!
That joker/Batman merge is wonderful. I first didn’t understand that picture but then it was like „NononoYES!!!“
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Yes, it’s so wrong! But also so right 🙂
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What an intriguing interpretation of this week’s theme! I’m impressed… 🙂
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I’m glad you like the covers!
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Oh, I love these covers, even more stunning when you hold the physical novel in your hands.
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I agree! I have this set in hardcover and they are such gorgeous books!
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I like the cover for The Killing Joke. Kind of freaky how the tear is made to extend that evil smile.
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Yes, the design is absolutely brilliant!
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These are excellent! I like them all too but maybe the first one a little more because its so startling!
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Yes, the effect is so disturbing in that one!
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The first one is the scariest but I like them all!
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The first one is definitely creepy in an unnatural kind of way!
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Do step up and collect the gold star for this week’s theme – you managed to deliver THREE books:)). And they are all brilliant – though my personal favourite is the first one, which is so very clever and apt.
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Thank you! I got lucky that I remembered these, and that there were three books in the series. I would have had trouble with the theme otherwise 🙂
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It’s always a charm when you suddenly recall a book that fits the week’s theme:))
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OMG!! It must be one of my favorites so far Mogsy! You are killing it!
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I love all these too. I own the Killing Joke but not that COVER! Lol. If I end up loving it when I read it, I might get that edition too.
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That first one
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Oh these covers are definitely perfect for this! I love them all.
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I love these covers and they are absolutely perfect – and also what I had in mind but just couldn’t quite conjure into my brain. Difficult to choose a favourite because they’re all so well done but if you twisted my arm maybe Mad Love would be my choice.
Lynn 😀
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