The Art of Goosebumps EXPLAINED

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• CL

  @claysoggyfries · 3 years ago

  The original Goosebumps book covers is the best type of artwork history can provide

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• RE

  @retrophyx · 3 years ago

  The most impressive part about these drawings is the skill of turning realisim into cartoon shapes.

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• LU

  @luigi55125 · 3 years ago

  I had a realization recently that I never noticed before. Goosebumps books, with their colorful frames and crazy artwork in the middle with a small signature in the corner, are oversized trading cards. The books are big cards! Look at the Mars Attacks cards. A picture with a small explanation of it on the back. Goosbumps books ditched the little explanation, and opted for a full story instead. <br><br>Being the age of Pokemon, the subtle trading card-like design of Goosebumps books could have been a great help in their success.

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  @20tom09gt · 2 months ago

  Honestly makes me so happy that my mother kept all my Goosebumps Books I must have about 50+ and she kept the Goosebumps toys as well. I used to look at all the cover art for ages and they all have that book smell.

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• MR

  @MrSpocksbrain · 4 years ago

  As a kid, I loved the original artwork. I want to rebuy the set for nostalgic reasons but they only sell the books with the crappy new artwork.

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• GA

  @gary5708 · 4 years ago

  Thank you for giving us this.

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• TM

  @tmntfangirl4700 · 2 years ago

  The cover art on all of the classic Goosebumps books are simple yet very effective in delivering the subtle terror that’s to come even before you start reading the book.

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• IA

  @Ianisback_xx · 3 years ago

  Fun fact the original cover of the barking ghost had blood coming out the dog mouth

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• JO

  @John-qf9nr · 4 years ago

  HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS?! THIS VIDEO IS SO WELL MADE!

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• NI

  @NightmoonArchive · 4 years ago

  I interviewed tim jacobus on my podcast and he stated that he lost all of the original paintings of the covers save for the haunted mask due to scholastic flood<br>Tim is great and could you believe hes only ever met R.L Stine once? He got the writing prompts from Stine and or would be sent letters by stine and left up to him to design the covers. And the reason there is no red blood albeit to jacobus’s dismay scholastic said red blood would be too much

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• BL

  @BloodylocksBathory · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s a bit ironic that my favorite cover (Stay Out of the Basement) is one of the few not painted by Jacobus, because I had always figured it was by him. It definitely complements the aesthetic of the other original covers.

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• BU

  @Bullboy_Adventures · 2 years ago (edited)

  The barking ghost is easily the scariest cover <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbKPLkWBlw&amp;t=1971">32:51</a> close second

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