{"id":847,"date":"2024-10-16T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattyjorissen.com\/?p=847"},"modified":"2025-02-04T09:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:42:36","slug":"stephen-king-it-phd-book-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattyjorissen.com\/nl\/matty-jorissen-blog\/stephen-king-it-phd-book-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"A Horror Book Cover for a PhD on Stephen King&#8217;s It (1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattyjorissen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/It-PhD-reading-01-734x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Stephen King's It Phd book cover illustration\" class=\"wp-image-848\" style=\"width:391px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It makes me giddy to see a horror illustration on a university PhD cover <a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/clown-face\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83e\udd21<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vincent Neyt commissioned me to paint the cover of his PhD on how Stephen King wrote his classic novel &#8216;It&#8217;. Vincent lays out the history of the making of the book quite extensively, from the initial conceit to first edition printing. I think it will be of great interest to any King fan. Or if you&#8217;re into the art of writing, because it offers a nice look into King&#8217;s process of elevating suspense through his rewrites by comparing parts in the first and last draft of It.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PhD can be downloaded on this page:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/stephenking\/2024\/10\/12\/phd-turning-the-thumbscrews-tighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turning the Thumbscrews Tighter | Stephen King At Work (uantwerpen.be)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congrats, Vincent! Or I guess I should say Dr. Vincent now..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It makes me giddy to see a horror illustration on a university PhD cover \ud83e\udd21 Vincent Neyt commissioned me to paint the cover of his PhD on how Stephen King wrote his classic novel &#8216;It&#8217;. 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