A little bird tells me that Neil Gaiman's newest, The Graveyard Book
, is being offered with your choice of illustrators in the UK. Dave McKean, who illustrated Coraline to deliciously creepifying effect, has the "adult" version and Chris Riddell the kids'. A quick Amazon check tells me that the US seems to be sticking to McKean for both.I got a cover image (over to your right) of Riddell's work, enough to see that although it's not the angular creepiness of Dave McKean, it's not fluffy bunnies.
I read an ARC without any illustrations (sigh), but it was a great yarn nonetheless. Has anybody seen either or both of the versions? Can you weigh in?
ETA: Betsy Bird over at Fuse #8 has a much more thorough gathering of the various covers. Take a look!
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I really like Dave Mckean's work, but I have to tell you—you cannot beat Chris Riddell. I have always, always loved his illustrations, and the only problem with his work in The Graveyard Book is that there are not very many of them. I wanted to see Miss Lupescu and Mr and Mrs Owens and Nehemiah Trot. More importantly, I want Mr Riddell to shape my eyebrows! (He does great eyebrows, does CR.)
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