toledo.

I'm a little late with this (what else is new), but towards the end of 2010, Penguin released three more editions of classic novels with amazing covers by fashion illustrator, Ruben Toledo. The series is now called "Couture Classics." I love them--the books and the covers.


I just read Dorian Gray last year and watched the movie again. It's one of those movies that I always remember being on when I was a kid, and it was so spooky and disturbing. Watching it as an adult, it was actually a little cartoon-ish, but it does feature a very young and very ravishing Angela Lansbury. The story is pretty incredible, though. Why did I always think it was about a man who doesn't want to get older? Maybe that was just my impression as a kid. But it's completely a Jungian tale, about a man who's in total denial of his Shadow, and in the end it destroys his life. Which is much more interesting than reading about some eternal man-boy.


I also discover a new blog, Caustic Cover Critic, which is all about book design. Check it out, people.