Cover design for the 80s horror
paperback homage SLICKER
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In brief: Mistaken for a high flyer a lowly filing clerk is stalked by a yuppie-hunting serial killer in late 1980s London.
Inspired by the cover art of the early novels of Stephen King and James Herbert which kept me sane on the daily commute into The City at the end of the 80s, this sleeve design for a new novel in progress is intentionally distressed and has slightly faded colour to emulate the likely condition of one of those classic paperbacks if found whilst browsing a second hand bookshop today.
Horror not really your thing? How about...
Same story, different genre: reimagined
as a psychological thriller: Not a Yuppie
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In a nutshell: When an artist infiltrates a City corporation he finds himself ensnared in increasingly sinister schemes and warped conflicts, meanwhile growing intoxicated by the lifestyle he set out to satirise.
"It's Lord Of The Flies set on the Isle of Dogs,
My Fair Lady meets Lock Stock via Riot Club'
My Fair Lady meets Lock Stock via Riot Club'
Same story, another genre: reimagined as a
romantic comedy: The Runt of London Wall
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One-liner: A workshy office boy is seduced by a glamorous efficiency consultant harbouring a sinister agenda.
"It's Bridget Jones' filofax with Patrick Bateman's business card tucked inside, left on the tube in Sliding Doors because it was anthropomorphically daydreaming of Working Girl meets Groundhog Day with Harrison Ford impersonating Del Boy in yuppie cosplay mode repeatedly falling over in a wine bar..."