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Feb.01.09

Spoof “I Can Read Movies” Book Covers

Mitch Ansara a.k.a. Spacesick created a number of mock 1960s paperback book covers for “I Can read Movies”, a fictional series of movie novelisations. The books came about from his involvement in the Make Something Cool Every Day group on flickr.

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