Oversized Issue.With over 130 pages of book cover design related articles and features, this issue is our most ambitious yet.The cover designed by Kerry Squires evokes our featured artist, Matisse. Although not done using his 'drawing with scissors' technique, the digitally created design still holds an intuitive and human tone.New & noteworthy: fiction & non-fiction.Drawing With Scissors: The cover designs of Henri Matisse.Gaberbocchus Press: best lookers not best sellers.Playing it Straight: grip-lit genre design and copycat techniques by Danny Arter.
Altering the Apparent: should cover designs be translated across cultures? By Nuria RodrÃguez.Interviews with Michael B. Myers Jr. and Emily Weigel by Eric Wilder.A Day at the Bookbinders: reprint of the 1838 account of a London bookbinders from the Penny Magazine.Book review: The Form of the Book we review Occassional Papers' title which brings together essential essays on the book-its history, present, and possible futures.