I love remakes.  Not so much with film, because hardly ever does the remake do justice or turn out better than the original, but with book covers, that is not the case.  With each re-publication of a book, it usually means a re-dressing of the cover graphics or jacket.  At least in the case of paperback releases.

Enter designer and illustrator Jim Tierney.  Not only is this creative-guru talented, but he is ambitious.  He dreams big and delivers on execution.

Case in point: During his University studies, Jim decided to take on a little personal side-project of re-designing some classic literature; the more celebrated works of Jules Verne to be exact.  Of his designs, one in particular really jazzed me.  His ode to “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea”.  While all of the covers in his series, it was this book that made my jaw drop.

From the beautifully crafted lettering and illustrations and color palette, to his ingenius use of a half-jacket book cover sleeve.  Here, the sleeve that only covers 3/4 of the book cover is used to hide a further concept of the cover design.  Removing the jacket reveals a deeper concept and the way the two illustrations on the front cover work together in unison is sheer brilliance.

I only wish I could go down and buy this book just so it can reside in my book collection and I can occasionally pull it off and marvel at shining creativity in action.  Thanks for inspiring me Jim!

To see the other titles from the series, click here.