#started from the bottom and now we're here

[noneorother]

The art director & the Good Omens book cover tier list of doom, part 3

Part 1 l Part 2 l Part 3

I am your resident Art Director/Good Omens enthusiast, and welcome to my completely meta-free book cover tier list. Listen, making a book cover is HARD. I should know. But while we salute these artists for their hard work and time, I think we can all admit that once in a while, the vision is just not on. And on very rare occasions, publishers seemed to have managed to commission the cover art directly from hell... here's where we left off last time:

21. Labas zīmes, Latvian cover

Our boys are back! And they are so ready to join the Dead Boy Detective agency. I would say that Latvians don't wear much tartan, so Argyle might seem like a similar print, but it just seems so... not Good Omens. Much like Crowley's flying purple people eater tail and Aziraphale's Conan the Barbarian sword, we're straying into niche AU fan fiction territory here. I mean, it's not *wrong*, but it certainly ain't right, either.

Tier: Does the Job

22. Bons Augùrios, Portuguese

Let me start by saying this cover is so close to being in the blessed category. The layout and spacing are divine, the imagery is simple and whimsical, it reflects the humour inside the gravitas to give you an idea of the *feeling* of reading Good Omens. So few of these covers have gotten this aspect of good design right. Honestly, I would slow clap if it wasn't for that random FLAME JIZZ stuck to the bottom right hand corner of the book. Who's idea was that? Dagon's?

Tier: Great

23. Semne Bune, Romanian cover

I admire two things about this cover: 1) Their utter commitment to a clean 3-colour palette and comprehensible layout. 2) Symbolic demon giving a principality head joke RIGHT ON THE FRONT COVER. This designer had balls. cotillion-sized balls. Now, does Aziraphale's sword have a sentient rooster tassel that watches said head-giving in horror? I sure hope not, but I don't see how that could be allegorical so, I'm torn. I feel like this goes in two categories for completely different reasons. And seeing as I'm in charge around here...

Tier: Great & Not so Good (Omens)

23. Semne Bune, Romanian cover cont.

Compared to the last cover's gigantic double-entendre, this feels so tame and logical. The text is centred and balanced. There's breathing room, and we have wing symbolism! I've never seen a cover try to split Terry and Neil's names like that, which is a fun twist but BY GOD that center line is not straight near the right end of the feathers and it is sending this cover straight down to Does the Job. It's grounded there forever.

Tier: Does the Job

25. HYVIÄ ENTEITÄ, Finnish cover

In this list, having something actually *relevant* to the main plot of the book and not mangling and main characters really puts you in rarefied air. All the motorcycles are book accurate which means somebody read something! Would I have ever picked the empty parking lot of Famine's restaurant as a subject worth a cover? Absolutely not. But the sick 80s lightning tips it into "fine" territory. The text is yellow. It's pretty.

Tier: Does the Job

26. Head ended, Estonian cover.

My face after staring at this cover for ten minutes and finally realizing that this is Hastur and Ligur waiting around for Crowley to pull up:

The artist's face after watching me do that:

Do I even need to rate this? It's called HEAD ENDED. I don't know how to be funnier than that.

Tier: WTF

27. Dobry Omen, Polish cover

Some good points for trying to be original with the layout of the title by drawing a custom pitchfork "Y", but the heinous kerning and the fact the whole text block is not even centred kind of makes me take all the points back. I feel like we're pretty heavy on the demonic, extremely light on the angelic in this take. Maybe it's because on his death bed the lead guitarist of White Snake will finally admit to having designed this cover in his spare time.

Tier: Not so Good (Omens)

28. Good Omens, Hungarian cover

If I told you this designer did not read the book, and instead just watched the trailer of The Omen (the movie) and vibed this heinous brown carpet swatch into existence, you would one hundred percent believe me. I can't even talk about the faux belle-époque font right now. I am irrationally angry.

Tier: WTF

29. Good Omens, Bulgarian cover

WHO. IS. DADDY. WIZARD?? Is all I can think when I look at this cover. Aziraphale & Grommet are recognizable enough, and you could make the case for telescope monkey being Adam, but I need to find this cover designer and shake them until they tell me who this deranged Gargamel is supposed to be. I must know.

Tier: Bad

30. BELAS MALDIÇÕES, Portuguese cover

After all we've been through on this list so far, this truly sucks. It's not even weird. It's just puce text layered atop text to create a great yawn of a cover. Shout out to the designer of the Diablo PC game font, I hope you got paid.

Tier: Bad

Part 3 roundup:

#good omens 2 #art director talks good omens #go season 2 #good omens #good omens fandom #tier list #good omens analysis #book cover #cover art #gomens

[ohrackham]

#tuaedit #umbrellaacademyedit #the umbrella academy #lila pitts #diego hargreeves #diego x lila #started from the bottom and now we're here #mine

[seventh-fantasy]

ok fine. finally watching the new trailer with subs. maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.

possibly the best and funniest thing you're obliged to write when you cast the same actors to play the leads' son and his love interest

from mdl's synopsis

Can their love break the vicious karmic cycle?

see what did i say about lakorn sequels essentially being about karma coming back to bite you in the ass

#THERE'S SO MUCH #EVEN POP'S CAMEOING????? #SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE #did ch3 just straight up hire a good handful of my 墙头s #also kadesurang's mum is in the story????? i need it #maybe now i'm a teeny wee bit interested #and apparently it's gonna be aired in sg at the same time as thailand...............wtf plsss #started from the bottom and now we're here #my posts

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

2x8 | 7x6

#the choice of song A+ #im not crying you are #sobbing #my heart #look at them #started from the bottom now we're here #911 abc #madney #maddie x chimney #chimney x maddie #maddie buckley #chimney han #kenneth choi #jennifer love hewitt #love #2x8 #7x6 #islands in the stream is their song

[eddiebuckley-diaz]

How do I look away now that I have seen you? - Rachel Mennies

#started from the bottom now we're here #and having a fucking fantastic time #this will never get old for me #like at all #i have never thrived like this before #911 #911 on fox #911 fox #911 abc #911 on abc #911 spoilers #911 7x04 #911 s7 #911 season 7 #season 7 #s7 #evan buckley #evan buck buckley #tommy kinard #bucktommy #tuck #bisexual evan buckley #911gifset #911edit

[guinevereslancelot]

#spock #s'chn t'gai spock #star trek #star trek strange new worlds #star trek snw #snw spoilers #literally couldn't stop thinking abt this until i made it #cinematic parallels #snw musical episode is the best ep of the series to me #star trek rhapsody #sobbing mathematically #star trek memes #this has been a shitpost #started from the bottom now we're here #star trek humor #the two moods #this could be the next kills you in spanish #do you see my vision #kills you mathematically

[seeleybooth]

Carly & Freddie + Kisses (2007-2021-)

#icarlyedit #icarly #icarly revival #carly x freddie #creddiedit #creddie #tvedit #otpsource #cinematv #cinemapix #KISSES #started from the bottom now we're here #trueloveistreacherous #annasparkle #usertimlucy #useradie #usercalidreams #tuserlauren #icarlygif #mygifs #long post #500plus #i HAD to add the lip gloss scene just because hahaha

[keefechambers]

How the hell do you enter an agreement with a UFO...alien entity or whatever you wanna call it...? Jean Jacket. Call it Jean Jacket.

#a real 'started from the bottom now we're here' friendship #nope #nope spoilers #oj haywood #angel torres #movie gifs #nope 2022 #angel x oj #daniel kaluuya #brandon perea

[jacnaylor]

#brian x justin #britin #queer as folk #qaf #queerasfolkedit #britinedit #qafedit #qafgifs #queerasfolkgifs #brian kinney #justin taylor #i waited 3 seasons to make this!!! #can you believe #started from the bottom now we're here #lgbtedit #mlmgifs

[wanna-be-bold]

From "I'm not trying to be romantic" to "I love you"

#chenford #the rookie #started from the bottom now we're here

[pinacoladamatata]

it has come to my attention that many of the new bg3 fans have no idea about the "everyone is halsin" stream

#please you have to go watch it if u want a laugh #bg3 #started from the bottom now we're here

[khaoray]

Ultimate Ship Challenge ✳ 1/5 Heartwarming Scenes

↳ You don't need a king. Any knight can make another knight. I'll prove it.

#game of thrones #gotedit #gameofthronesedit #asoifedit #braime #jaime x brienne #gotdaily #gameofthronesdaily #tvedit #fantasyedit #cinematv #tvfilmsource #*gifs #*usc #the fact this comes from him after all they've been through together makes me absolutely feral #started from the bottom now we're here #and this is where we stay :)))) nothing else happens :))))

[inked-up-gentleman]

You're like the bad guy we all love in our smutty books. And by bad guy, I mean misunderstood, big teddy bear to 'his' girl but asshole to others, type. You're such a vibe 💖

I have officially ascended to the "smut guy" of Tumblr and I'm here for it

#anon #ask #From stoic asshole to this?! #We started from the bottom now we're here

[fearwakes]

Succession 2.04 / 4.08

Greg! When you're done flirting, can you latte me, please?

#succession #successionedit #succession hbo #tomgreg #tom wambsgans #greg hirsch #cousin greg #tvedit #tvgifs #mine #** #userfearwakes #parallels #started from the bottom now we're here

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Nick + Charlie + Parallels + Callbacks + Moments of Growth (Season 2)

#theres more #but these are my favorites #heartstopper #charlie x nick #nick x charlie #charlie spring #nick nelson #kit connor #joe locke #love #my heart #started from the bottom now we're here #growth #some of these callbacks and parallels are chefs kiss #season 2 #gif #gifs #gifset

[fallenstarzz]

A background detail in the books that facinates me is that the Foxes were on the verge of being dismantled. And by detail I mean that it's a fact so widely known that we hear about it from chapter 1, just as passive knowledge Neil has before even dreaming of playing with them.

It ends up staying fairly background because Neil has... Bigger worries, but it is very much present for the whole series. There are plenty of descriptions of how Palmetto thought the Foxes would breathe life into the town; How Wymack lives practically alone in one of the apartment complexes built out of the expectation.

For four years, the Foxes placed dead last, and if they do it again, they ARE getting demoted from Class I. Of the original team, there was only Seth left. And if you do the math, that means that people were leaving up until the semester before TFC begins, because there are nine players including Kevin, who was an assistant coach, and Neil is replacing another recruit. Seth's death brings them down to nine again, and the ERC's response to that is to start a discussion on whether the minimum number of players should go up to 12. If it weren't for the intervetion of Coach Rhemann, they would have gotten disqualified anyway when Andrew went to Easthaven. PSU was against signing the girls, and both the university and the ERC fought back against making Dan captain.

They are not only fighting for their lives out here, they are straight up losing.

That puts a lot of things into perspective, I think. For one, I think it really explains a lot about Kevin's relationship to the Foxes. Like, imagine knowing your second – your last – chance at a life is under threat, and out of nowhere, the best player in your league offers to help you. And then he does it by saying all the effort you've made up until now was useless, that all your fighting wasn't enough. I'd resent him too.

It also says very interesting things both about who Wymack is as a person and exactly how big of a deal he must have been as a player, that he keeps facing these incredible odds and getting just one more chance. And even when he knows he's running out of strings to pull, he keeps on, because "one more chance" is what his team is supposed to be about anyway.

And then they turn around and not only break their own records by making past the first rounds, they go all the way up and dethrone the undefeated champion of their league for first place. It's no wonder not even they believed they could do it.

#AND THAT'S WORLDBUILDING BABYYYYY #you really do not get more underdog than this #started from the bottom now we're here. literally. fueled PURELY by spite and a 5'2 mafia refugee #but I find it supremely funny that the stakes of the season were already insane BEFORE Neil pissed off the mafia #his strategy is truly solving their problems by creating different bigger problems #all for the game #aftg