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New Site Mocks Bad Artwork On Ebook Covers
An anonymous reader writes A British newspaper is celebrating "the world's worst ebook artwork", as discovered by the creator of a new Tumblr feed. 'It's the hubris of it that people get a kick out of — the devil-may-care attitude of an author who, with zero arts training, says to themselves: "How hard can it be?" Two different authors simply cut-and-pasted smaller images over a background showing the planets, according to one Kindle blog, which notes that one author actually pasted eyes and lips onto the planets, creating an inadvertently creepy montage. But the site's creator tells the newspaper that it's ultimately meant to be an affectionate tribute to their rejection of the mundane and appreciating each creative and beautiful mess.
Darwin's Theorem. A story about a guy's love for a giant flying jellyfish. Spoiler: The jellyfish stings prove fatal, but not before he makes the jellyfish pregnant. The sequel is called Darwin's Theorem II: Jellybaby.