tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post5941373952064073603..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Independent ideasSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-13076799265783671712009-02-26T22:51:00.000+00:002009-02-26T22:51:00.000+00:00Well. I'm going to be generous like Laura and say...Well. I'm going to be generous like Laura and say it could be worse (though like JRSM, I wonder why they couldn't find - or take - a higher resolution image of a book, ferchrissakes).<BR/><BR/>What <EM>is</EM> bad is yer man Horner coming across like a self-published author who thinks his book was 'too edgy' for the mainstream publishers. A suppose a pre-emptive claim that <EM>that's</EM> why they hate it, rather than because of its inherent feebleness, will save his pride if nothing else.<BR/><BR/>Jonathan, I presume you will be working up a window-size mural of it? Look forward to the twitpic.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-64671036183614166652009-02-25T19:38:00.000+00:002009-02-25T19:38:00.000+00:00I think he belongs here...http://commons.wikimedia...I think he belongs here...<BR/><BR/>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mattes/Studies/Creatures_created_by_Hieronymus_BoschGrey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-91335531392063705582009-02-25T17:18:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:18:00.000+00:00I need to have a lie down and recover from this im...I need to have a lie down and recover from this image before I comment....was it inspired by the little devils made from composite creatures that populate the darker corners of Bosch paintings???Grey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-91626056329937017002009-02-25T16:54:00.000+00:002009-02-25T16:54:00.000+00:00Yes, it does look like a logo for a book thieves' ...Yes, it does look like a logo for a book thieves' union.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-74372154066388289852009-02-25T11:51:00.000+00:002009-02-25T11:51:00.000+00:00Isn't that your maverick cub-scout group shoplifti...Isn't that your maverick cub-scout group shoplifting badge?JonathanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14282373784021642208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-81199128026292390442009-02-24T22:32:00.000+00:002009-02-24T22:32:00.000+00:00Oh dear. That's a bad one. That looks as though it...Oh dear. That's a bad one. That looks as though it took about 5 minutes to knock together. Love the pixilation!JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-56764831176380481462009-02-24T22:19:00.000+00:002009-02-24T22:19:00.000+00:00On the contrary Steerforth, if it is is supposed t...On the contrary Steerforth, if it is is supposed to denote a desperate independent bookseller running away from the trade as fast as his legs will carry him, perhaps it is a success!<BR/><BR/>I agree with what you say - that anyone with some photoshop skills could have achieved it, but think it is by no means the worst logo I've seen and is definitely memorable, but maybe for reasons other than those intended.<BR/><BR/>Roll on National Continence week, eh?The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.com