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The Simon Kernick is Awesome Photoshop Contest Entries
by SB Sarah | July 25, 2009 | Saturday at 9:45 pm | 39 CommentsAhoy, it’s Simon Kernick is Awesome Photoshop Contest time! Behold, the entries. So much awesome, all in one place.
The poll below will record your votes - and the entries, all 38 of them, are below the fold. Enjoy - so much humor, snark and groaning, all in one place.






































Filed: Covers Gone Wild! (Non-Snoop Dogg Edition), General Bitching, Go Ahead, Win Some Shit
Tagged: snark, free stuff, cover snark, cover makeovers, cover copycats, cover comparisons


rebyj said on 07.25.09 at 10:20 PM
Savage Twilight by Cassie Edwards made me LAUGH OUT LOUD just a SLIGHT bit louder than about 8 others. ALL of them are great. What a fun contest!! You gotta do more caption type contests, so many of your readers are brilliantly funny.
vanessa jaye said on 07.25.09 at 10:21 PM
I laughed out loud at the Mel Gibson “strolling by” one, and the Michael Jackson one was sooo wrong! ::cringe:: lol.
But the Stephen King/Twilight is the one that looks as authentic as the original bait n switch with Dan Brown/Simon Kernick, so that got my vote.
Great job everyone!
Lyssa said on 07.25.09 at 10:23 PM
My vote would have to go to The Tin Star…It is such a Louis L’Amore title. But I would have to say that Jesus H. Christ was my favorite ‘non-author’.
vanessa jaye said on 07.25.09 at 10:25 PM
The Mel Gibson “strolling by” made me laugh out loud and the Michael Jackson one was sooooo wrong. ::cringe:: lol.
But the Stephen King/Twilight mashup looked as authentic as the Dan Brown/Simon Kernick bait n switch so that’s what got my vote.
Babs said on 07.25.09 at 10:35 PM
We have to pick only one?!?! These are hilarously brilliant. Kudos to all the “artists” who put these together. I am impressed by your skill and wit!
ghn said on 07.25.09 at 10:46 PM
I expire through sheer envy at the imaginations of those whose minds conceived these.
(Translated: I just about busted my gut laughing)
Calila said on 07.25.09 at 10:51 PM
Great Job to everyone who entered!
the Mel Gibson one cracked me up, as did the Chuck Norris one.
The Micheal Jackson one was so wrong but so true, LOL.
Jesus H. Christ was my favorite non-author too.
JoanneL said on 07.25.09 at 11:11 PM
The contempt. The insolence. The cheek. The hilarity!
Kudos to the entrants, hilarious, one and all.
But Nora Roberts saying the Edwards book blows?
I’m still laughing.
Samantha said on 07.25.09 at 11:15 PM
So funny, thanks for the laughs!
Loved Jesus H. Christ, especially since dad said her shit is the bomb!
Shelly said on 07.25.09 at 11:36 PM
There are so many good ones, but Savage Twilight made me laugh out loud. So simple but perfect.
Deb Kinnard said on 07.25.09 at 11:41 PM
So wrong! So many levels! So FUN!
The Cassie Edwards entries? Oh. My. Word.
library addict said on 07.25.09 at 11:50 PM
So many good ones, but I laughed the hardest at the “Nora Roberts also has a new release…”, King pimping Twilight, Conspiracy in Death, and the Scandal one.
Gold stars for everyone though.
And FTR Colin Firth was the hottest Darcy Ever!
Tina C. said on 07.26.09 at 12:11 AM
Those were awesome. There were 2 I wanted to vote for. I’m sad I could only pick one.
StarOpal said on 07.26.09 at 12:16 AM
Those were ALL awesome y’all! Now I just have to figure out how to pick just one!
mingqi said on 07.26.09 at 12:29 AM
Loved them all!! definitely am going to save a copy of all these covers for when i need a good laugh!
Evaine said on 07.26.09 at 12:42 AM
Dayum, there’s a ton of cleverness there! Well done, EVERYONE!!
Jill Sorenson said on 07.26.09 at 02:02 AM
I’m embarrassed by how bad mine is! *blushing* Good job to everyone else. I love the Louis L’Amour and Jane Austen ones. Well done.
JenD said on 07.26.09 at 03:25 AM
The Mel Gibson one was hilarious. The peek-a-boo photo at the bottom made me snort- so it wins my vote!
Brenna said on 07.26.09 at 04:17 AM
What fun going through all the entries with some very hilarious covers. Until you reach the last. Chase’s Not Quite a Lady. Now that was beautifully done and oh so subtle. Not funny but so absolutely evocative of the era that if you were a Jane Austen fan, you would have bought the book right away only to find out later that it wasn’t done by Austen.
Darlene Marshall said on 07.26.09 at 04:42 AM
So many excellent choices! Well done, all!
Lovecow2000 said on 07.26.09 at 04:46 AM
Loved so many of these!! Thanks. If I could I’d have voted for more than just one. : ( Some of my faves are the homage to Rick Roll and the sexxorising of Barbara Cartland, but my all time favorite has to be the one that has Stephen King endorsing Twilight. Given how much King hated Twilight, the cheek of using his own words to endorse it is brilliant.
CupK8 said on 07.26.09 at 05:22 AM
Oh my word.. The Cassie Edwards ones had me rolling! And Bomb Sagat?! I would actually LOVE to read a book called “Full House” by him, because I know it would be hilarious. Well done everyone!
WendyC said on 07.26.09 at 06:53 AM
Picking one from this lot of extremely well done covers is going to be so hard. Well done you lot!
caligi said on 07.26.09 at 08:04 AM
Hot sexxoring action = win.
Lola said on 07.26.09 at 09:07 AM
The Penis Sword that buys the shrimp dinner pwns. :D
Shiloh Walker said on 07.26.09 at 02:57 PM
These are frickin hilarious.
Randi said on 07.26.09 at 05:49 PM
I’m only allowed to pick ONE???? That is so not fair.
there were definitely 7 that I wanted to vote for: Tempted, Set the Dark on Fire (which is the one I eventually cast my vote for), Lover Awakened (HI-LARIOUS), Hunter’s Edge, Savage Moon, Street Magic, and Scandal.
Oh, the morning howling was delightful. Thanks everyone for your ideas.
Jenns said on 07.26.09 at 05:54 PM
So much sheer and utter awesomeness, so hard to pick just one! Can’t we have rounds or something?
I think I’ve gotten my daily dose of laughs - and more!
ev said on 07.26.09 at 06:12 PM
Eenie, Meenie, Minney, Moe.
Crap.
S. W. Vaughn said on 07.26.09 at 06:20 PM
What an awesome display of awesomeness! Fantastic job, everybody!!
It was extremely hard to pick just one. These are too funny!
Mama Nice said on 07.26.09 at 07:54 PM
The Cassie Edwards/Stephanie Meyers were hilarious, but I loved the little “Bait and Switch” press badge on The Trojan Horse.
Jenny Gardiner said on 07.26.09 at 08:11 PM
HILARIOUS!
Karenmc said on 07.26.09 at 10:14 PM
If you steal, steal brazenly. That’s why Savage Twilight is the best out of many.
Anthea Lawson said on 07.27.09 at 02:54 AM
Oh so very full of win!! And yes, too hard to pick just one! The nod to Amy Winehouse (snork), the Mel Gibson—I imagine he WOULD pull his beard out if he read Lora Leigh, the “Louis L’Amour also writes westerns.” Sheer brilliance, and not only that, but sheer brilliance with a point. I hope Simon Kernick is cheering loudly out there!
Sarah W said on 07.27.09 at 05:31 AM
I had to go with the Tom Clancy one because I swear I have seen him do that. He has the books he writes as himself and then those in his series that he “co-authors” or other people write and put his name on it. I’m sure they’d be real surprised if they bought that one!
Terisa Wilcox said on 07.27.09 at 02:03 PM
They are all great! Too bad I could only pick one. They all made me laugh, some more than others, but what a great job putting them all together!
Elizabeth Wadsworth said on 07.27.09 at 03:06 PM
These are all hysterical, but the Dashiell Hammett/Nora Roberts one gets my vote. Just the idea of a couple of fictional characters endorsing a novel strikes me as particularly surreal.
Lizzie (greeneyed fem) said on 07.27.09 at 04:35 PM
I love The Tin Star cover—seamless photoshopping work, and the “Louis L’Amour also wrote Westerns” is hilarious.
I think my favorite is Savage Moon, though. “For Stephenie Meyer fans who like stories about Indians” is so perfect: an oily marketing line married to a kind-of double slam against both Meyer and Edwards. Amazing.
kaetchen said on 07.27.09 at 08:31 PM
I *loved* the implication that the only being(s) with enough starpower to outshine Nora Roberts are Jesus H. Christ (and his dad). That one made me giggle!
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