The Tiki paperback cover art thread - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 9:48 AM Here is ONE cover, which I used in my "Sound of Tiki" CD booklet, that clearly has a Tiki on it. But it's not a paperback, it's a book club hardcover first edition, predating the golden age of paperback illustrations. That Tiki kind of reminds me of the Trader Vic's Maori logo Tiki, but this cover was made before the Trader used it. The facial features could be African, too. The whole cover (is that the eye of an ape?) has very little to do with the novel, as far as I can tell. I tried to find out how the illustrator came (Walter H. Lorraine) up with this great image, but got nowhere.

Here is ONE cover, which I used in my "Sound of Tiki" CD booklet, that clearly has a Tiki on it. But it's not a paperback, it's a book club hardcover first edition, predating the golden age of paperback illustrations.

That Tiki kind of reminds me of the Trader Vic's Maori logo Tiki, but this cover was made before the Trader used it. The facial features could be African, too. The whole cover (is that the eye of an ape?) has very little to do with the novel, as far as I can tell. I tried to find out how the illustrator came (Walter H. Lorraine) up with this great image, but got nowhere.

Post #538456 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 9:48 AM