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Video Games Make Surprisingly Beautiful Pulp Novels

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From artist Ástor Alexander come these video game-inspired pulp covers: Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid. My favorite is the Mario one, mostly because I imagine that it’s a series, and every book ends with Mario heading to another castle.

Alexander’s also done this beautiful cover based on Bioshock Infinite:

And here are higher resolution versions of the top three from Alexander’s deviantART profile. See close-ups at his Behance portfolio:

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