Jack Asher Reads "Handbook For Mortals" So You Don't Have To

Laurin Kelly · Nov 21, 2017

Cave Troll said: ↑

I have not read Knife Thrower, makes one
wonder if the two share a few odd common
elements.
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It's not a book cover, it's an illustration done as part of the artist's exhibition titled Side Show.

http://www.eastbourneart.com/Gill-Del-Mace.html

My thought is that either the book's author or the cover's artist used The Knife Thrower as inspiration for the cover. Which is fine, but they stayed much too close to the original work to be considered merely an homage or tip of the hat, especially without openly crediting the original source and artist.

Cave Troll · Nov 21, 2017

Laurin Kelly said: ↑

It's not a book cover, it's an illustration done as part of the artist's exhibition titled Side Show.

http://www.eastbourneart.com/Gill-Del-Mace.html

My thought is that either the book's author or the cover's artist used The Knife Thrower as inspiration for the cover. Which is fine, but they stayed much to close to the original work to be considered merely an homage or tip of the hat, especially without openly crediting the original source and artist.
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Thank you. I did not know that it was originally just an artistic piece.
And I agree the resemblance is most strikingly similar.

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