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> But Tim got it immediately—he liked the quirkiness of the animals, thought it would help to make the books stand out from other publishers’ offerings—and it j
by waylandsmithers 5y ago
> But Tim got it immediately—he liked the quirkiness of the animals, thought it would help to make the books stand out from other publishers’ offerings—and it just felt right.
Definitely preferred to the weird down blouse portraits on the covers of the "Head First" books...
- jszymborski 5y agoI never thought of it as sexual, but I was much younger when I bought my "Head First into AJAX" book [0] What I like about the "Head First" style was that it reminded me of the photography you'd find in a lot of the 90s Klutz books. I had the Cootie-Catcher's one [1] and the speech bubbles and extreme angle photography was prevalent and reminded me of the Head First books. [0] https://openlibrary.org/books/OL10781023M/Head_First_Ajax https://openlibrary.org/books/OL10781023M/Head_First_Ajax [1] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8708878W/The_Cootie_Catcher_Book_%28Klutz%29 https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8708878W/The_Cootie_Catcher_...
- bin_bash 5y agoRelevant: https://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2005/08/12/the_head_first_girls_double_life https://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2005/08/12/the_head_first_girl... I've noticed this stock photo on various flyers over the years too