I'm back with another mock cover for the second Encyclopedia Brown book, Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again or The Case of the Secret Pitch. I know the last "cover" wasn't exactly exciting, not that this one is either, but I wanted to do more than a head. I liked the trade dress though, so I'm sticking with the banner stripe for the title. And I don't draw enough baseballs. Thanks for the overwhelming response to the last post, I haven't seen that many comments here in...well, ever. Many of you folks were extremely helpful in the last day too, filling in the gaps of my knowledge of the publishing business. The publishing rights to EB are a little confusing, apparently it's somewhere between Penguin Books and Random House. I figure I'll keep mentioning them on twitter until they notice me or ask me to stop.
Your feedback just reaffirmed my commitment to making this happen. As soon as work clears up a little more I'm going to start working on some samples and a pitch for this. Whether it ever happens, who knows? Can't hurt to try.
And if any of you happen to know anything more about Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Comic Strips, brought to my attention by the awesome Les McClaine, fill me in! I can't even find out who drew the strip!
Again, thanks for all the support, folks!
1 of these things are not like the others:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3F6_6HNDM
The "E B" mentioned is of course Encyclopedia Brown. Also, you need to draw a cool Sally Kimbal on a cover one of these days. I had such a crush on her when I was like 5.
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