Aquarium City

By Frederick Roussel

 

 

Published Version

This, the second and final version of Aquarium City cover is a totally different animal to the first, as you can see. In it, I tried to capture more of the madcap surreal comic book nature of the novella. Hints of Batman and Dick Tracy - and a realization of the ever-present octopus symbol!

Aquarium City was published by Coolbreath Press, who's website appears to be inactive. However, the book is still available on Amazon. It is a striking surreal and fantastical satire, a fairytale detective novel and a hallucinatory nightmare. As one of my first covers, it is a little rough around the edges - but still managed to capture some of the madcap comicbook nature of the story.