The Tiki paperback cover art thread - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 8:28 AM But Sir Grog, that's why I wrote in post # 4 of this thread: On 2010-06-18 18:19, bigbrotiki wrote: I think it will be difficult to find many paperbacks with actual Tikis on them. But if we would agree on "Tiki-related" covers, we could put a nice thread together: ...opening it up to a wonderful horn of plenty of Wahine imagery. And that ain't no Tiki either, that's a Pre-Columbian thang...just another example of Tiki confusion. I think that the American paperback illustrator's world was sadly bereft of Tiki imagery, so there isn't much out there. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-06-23 08:33 ]

But Sir Grog, that's why I wrote in post # 4 of this thread:

On 2010-06-18 18:19, bigbrotiki wrote:
I think it will be difficult to find many paperbacks with actual Tikis on them. But if we would agree on "Tiki-related" covers, we could put a nice thread together:

...opening it up to a wonderful horn of plenty of Wahine imagery.

And that ain't no Tiki either, that's a Pre-Columbian thang...just another example of Tiki confusion.
I think that the American paperback illustrator's world was sadly bereft of Tiki imagery, so there isn't much out there.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-06-23 08:33 ]

Post #538438 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 8:28 AM