Cover illustration by John Picacio for Lauren Beukes' ZOO CITY.
Here’s my recently-completed cover illustration for Lauren Beukes‘ forthcoming novel ZOO CITY. Lauren is the author of one of 2009′s breakout hits, MOXYLAND. She describes ZOO CITY as an urban fantasy — “a muti noir set in a re-imagined Johannesburg. It’s the story of a girl with a sloth on her back, a dirty 419 habit and the magical ability to find lost things who gets drawn into a case to find a missing pop star.”
The finished cover was unveiled yesterday via several blogs and websites, and I posted a bit of background about the making over at my own blog this morning. ZOO CITY will be an Angry Robot mass market paperback release, coming this May, and will be available in both the US and UK simultaneously.
Excellent cover! I like the feeling of movement the picture conveys.
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