the problem with cover art

[rm]

This week I'm doing my Gather SFF column on book cover art -- as in, why is so much of it so cheesy? But amidst my bitching, I'd also like to highlight some great artists -- so which sci-fi book covers/book cover artists do you think are fabulous?

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There's David Mattingly - He does David Weber's Honor Harrington books.

Darrell K. Sweet - He's a MASTER book cover artist - Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series comes to mind (the originals).

Donato Giancola and the Brothers Hildbrand

Bob Eggleton and Don Maitz (heck Don Maitz designed the Captain Morgan Rum pirate)

John Jude Palencar - most recently ERAGON and ELDEST

Geez, can you tell my fiance is an art show director. And those are just off the top of my head (and any ONE of them [except the one Brother Hildebrand who's now deceased - though that would be a coup] I would kill and/or fall over dead of they did a cover for me).