As the designer of Paul Karasik's "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets" I can tell you that there were dozens of directions considered for this cover design. I share Karasik's reverence for Fletcher Hanks and this final, spare white cover design [above, left] resulted from our joint response to how Hanks' work is most succinctly communicated. At the core his style is awkward but unmistakable and carries with it a baron, iconic force. His superheroes are omnipotent and dramatically unpredictable/unknowable.

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UPDATE: Adam Grano pointed out to me that in that Newsarama thread, commenter Alex Cruz really sums it up when he says, "Wou, Allred is hallucinate hard with the marihuana, is traveling in same flight that Moebius." Couldn't have put it better myself.