{"id":89,"date":"2021-07-20T16:08:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/?p=89"},"modified":"2021-07-20T18:31:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T18:31:41","slug":"cover-not-final-by-max-huffman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/20\/cover-not-final-by-max-huffman\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Not Final by Max Huffman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal-1024x783.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal-768x587.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal-1536x1174.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal-2048x1566.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal-353x270.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cover Not Final<\/em> by Max Huffman (Adhouse Books, 2021) is relentlessly fun, from a table of contents laden with wordplay (&#8220;Tennell Leffitt Man Detective&#8221;, &#8220;Hot Dignity Dog&#8221;, &#8220;Nounin Out&#8221;) to the compact, paperback design that feels like illicit pulp from a smarter timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal3-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal3-1024x723.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal3-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal3-768x542.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal3-1536x1085.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal3-2048x1446.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal3-382x270.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The comics within deliver on the package&#8217;s promise. Huffman&#8217;s drawing thrills with lines alternately bouncy and angular. Perspective is masterfully abused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal2-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal2-1024x701.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal2-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal2-768x526.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal2-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal2-2048x1402.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/covernotfinal2-394x270.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I could keep spewing adjectives but I don&#8217;t wanna be the fussy lecturer over-explaining obvious magic. Just look at those comics. This was the rare book that had me re-reading immediately because each page had more pleasure to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adhousebooks.com\/blog\/?p=1895\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Pitzer recently announced that he&#8217;s wrapping up Adhouse Books<\/a>. Congrats to him on the run, and for going out on high notes like <em>Cover Not Final<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Max Huffman on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maxhuffman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@maxhuffman<\/a><\/li><li>Cover Not Final at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adhousebooks.com\/books\/covernotfinal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Adhouse Books<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cover Not Final by Max Huffman (Adhouse Books, 2021) is relentlessly fun, from a table of contents laden with wordplay (&#8220;Tennell Leffitt Man Detective&#8221;, &#8220;Hot Dignity Dog&#8221;, &#8220;Nounin Out&#8221;) to the compact, paperback design that feels like illicit pulp from a smarter timeline. The comics within deliver on the package&#8217;s promise. Huffman&#8217;s drawing thrills with lines alternately bouncy and angular. Perspective is masterfully abused. I could keep spewing adjectives but I don&#8217;t wanna be the fussy lecturer over-explaining obvious magic&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/20\/cover-not-final-by-max-huffman\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jfnexus.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}