Re: [HOE] Re: Urban Renewal Cover

[Abdullah Oblongota <toadpooka@juno.com>]

OK, I've got a little something to say on both sides of this issue (and I
won't use the words "banana hammock" again, Chris).
This weekend, I saw the cover to Urban Renewal for the first time.  My
main complaint is that it apparently has NO connection to the story, and
it's a bit over the line of good taste.  But the picture isn't the worst
thing to happen to gaming art, and not even the worst thing to happen to
Deadlands art (see page 82 in the main book for that).  The picture,
despite having a nearly-nude person in it, looks HoEish.  Granted, a big
scary-lookin' building would have been a more appropriate cover for this
particular book, but I wouldn't mind this being on the cover of a
different sourcebook perhaps.
Also, how many of you have SEEN the Mad Max movies?  In Thunderdome
particularly, there's a lot of barely clothed people running around. Not
so much in a sexual way (balding old men with no teeth and bloody
eyesockets isn't sexy, no matter how you slice 'em), but because it's HOT
OUT.  There are people in Bartertown who are obviously prostitutes, and
don't mind showing off the goods they're selling.  Like it or not, people
probably do the same in Junkyard.  Maybe you don't like it being on the
cover, but this is hardly the of gynecological exhibition you'll find in
some of the interior art in AD&D books.
But, if you happen to be looking to gaming books to satisfy yoursexual as
well as recreational needs, please look eleswhere.  Your dollars would be
better spent on a high-quality pornographic magazine or video; more "bang
for your buck," so to speak.  If you are one of these people, I don't
like you, and am ashamed to be socially associated with you.  That's not
a nice thing to say, but it's even less nice to know, so get over it. 
Had that comment been made to my face at a convention, the least it'd be
met with would be a hard stare and a long string of very foul insults. 
And, if I was already in a bad mood or you were making "my people" look
bad, I'd probably end up spending the evening with the Milwaukee PD.

From Whom It May Concern,
Rich A Ranallo

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