{"id":2815,"date":"2013-10-09T10:33:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2013-10-10T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T17:55:31","slug":"rayguns-over-texas-the-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/10\/09\/rayguns-over-texas-the-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayguns Over Texas: The Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before coming up with the extraordinary final cover image for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fact.org\/publications.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rayguns Over Texas<\/em><\/a>, artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rockykelley.wix.com\/html_rk\" target=\"_blank\">Rocky Kelley<\/a> tinkered with different designs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2817\" alt=\"Early Sketch 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-1-300x237.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-1-378x300.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-1.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2816\" alt=\"Early Sketch 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-2-269x300.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-2-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/10\/Early-Sketch-2.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He eventually wisely opted for a third design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/04\/RayGunsTexas-498x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2362 aligncenter\" alt=\"Cover to Rayguns Over Texas by Rocky Kelley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/04\/RayGunsTexas-498x500-298x300.jpg\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/04\/RayGunsTexas-498x500-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/04\/RayGunsTexas-498x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/04\/RayGunsTexas-498x500.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then designer <a href=\"www.linkedin.com\/pub\/pat-virzi\/26\/406\/497\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Virzi<\/a> did her magic with the title, etc. to create the final cover.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2529\" alt=\"Cover by Rocky Kelley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\" width=\"658\" height=\"958\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before coming up with the extraordinary final cover image for\u00a0Rayguns Over Texas, artist\u00a0Rocky Kelley tinkered with different designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-rayguns-over-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - 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