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(Photo by Aaron Ruell)

I'm getting bored with this blog. I'm genuinely interested in my current subject: the significance of text combined with images; but I'm feeling like this blog is becoming more of a chore than an actual place for the thoughts and ideas of Mick. I feel like I should be more selfish, and I've been reading some Ayn Rand, so I ought to be more selfish. Tonight at 2:30 am, just before I take a four hour nap and head to class, I'm shifting from a relatively focused blog to one with no established direction. Goodbye Glorified Monsters: An Anxious Look Into How Text Transforms Images, and welcome Glorified Monsters: The Life and Art of Mick.

Thanks Ayn!

-Choo-Choo

Book Covers

Book covers are an obvious combination of text and images that we see often--some are great, but most are awful. Here are some of my favorites.

Barbara Kruger

Without a doubt, the queen of unashamed text and image integration.

Glorified Monsters

The extraordinary book Where the Wild Things Are was just ten sentences coupled with illustrations. I have a great interest in how text compliments artwork, Glorified Monsters will explore that interest.

Glorified Monsters is just a blog. Written by me, then re-written by me, and read by few. We'll see what happens, thanks for looking.

-Choo Choo