Artist Turns Famous Songs into Vintage Book Covers

August 26, 2019

Todd Alcott is a screenwriter and graphic artist who turns famous songs into vintage book covers. His bestselling covers include 1977’s Elvis Costello’s Watching the Detectives, which he reimagined as a midcentury pulp detective novel, and 1974’s Young Americans by David Bowie which he recreated as a 1950s pulp novel.

Alcott also turned classic novels into a plain, more jaded time such as Nancy Drew’s The Secret of the Missing F**ks.

You can find more of his vintage mashup prints on his online shop and Instagram account.

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Prints available! Link in my profile! #courtneybarnett #tellmehowyoureallyfeel #cripplingselfdoubtandagenerallackofconfidence #sylviaplath #thebelljar #depression #mood #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #etsyfinds #etsymaker #etsyartist #etsyartists #art #artistsoninstagram

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 16, 2019 at 10:12pm PDT

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New to the store! Link in my profile! #jimi #jimihendrix #jimihendrixexperience #jimihendrixart #jimihendrixstratocaster #areyouexperienced #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #psychedelia #psychedelic #psychedelicart #1960s #scifi #bookstagram #books #bookshelf #art #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics #art #artistsoninstagram #artist

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 15, 2019 at 8:02pm PDT

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Prints available! Link in my profile! #joydivision #neworder #iancurtis #sheslostcontrol #pulp #pulpfiction #pulpmagazine #pulpmagazines #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics #graphicsdesigner #graphicsdesign #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #etsyfinds #etsymaker #etsyartist #etsyartists #etsyartistsofinstagram

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 14, 2019 at 11:42pm PDT

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Prints available! Link in my profile. #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #clash #theclash #joestrummer #londoncalling #punk #1980 #etsyseller #artist #artistsoninstagram #etsyshop #art #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics #graphicsdesigner #graphicsdesign #etsyfinds #etsylove #etsyhunter

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 13, 2019 at 10:48pm PDT

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Prints available! Link in my profile! #radiohead #thomyorke #okcomputer #paranoidandroid #philipkdick #scifi #book #books #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics #graphicsdesigner #graphicsdesign #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 12, 2019 at 5:45am PDT

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Prints available! Link in my profile! #smiths #morrissey #morrisseylyrics #thischarmingman #penguin #penguinbooks #prints #books #bookstagram #book #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #art #artistsoninstagram #graphics #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphicsdesigner #graphicsdesign #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #etsyfinds #etsyartist #etsymaker #etsylove #etsyhunter

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 11, 2019 at 6:55am PDT

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Prints available! Link in my profile! #pj #pjharvey #ridofme #1990s #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics #art #artistsoninstagram #artist #artistsofinstagram #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsystore #etsyartist #etsyartists

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 9, 2019 at 3:02am PDT

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New to the store, a special treat for all you Dale Carnegie fans! Link in my profile! #davidbowie #davidbowieart #davidbowieisgod #davidbowieforever #davidbowietribute #bowie #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #dalecarnegie #howtowinfriendsandinfluencepeople #book #books #firstedition #art #artistsoninstagram #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphicsdesigner #graphicsdesign #graphics

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 8, 2019 at 12:18am PDT

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New to the store! Link in my profile! #dylan #bobdylan #bloodonthetracks #tangledupinblue #etsy #etsyseller #etsyshop #etsyshop #art #artistsoninstagram #artist #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics #graphicsdesign #graphicsdesigner #etsysellersofinstagram #etsyart #etsyartists #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #mashup #pulp #pulpfiction

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 6, 2019 at 3:09am PDT

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Was this my first Bowie piece? I think so! #bowie #davidbowie #toddalcottgraphics #toddalcott #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #etsyfinds #etsylove #youngamericans #art #artistsoninstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #graphics

A post shared by Todd Alcott (@toddalcott) on Apr 2, 2019 at 6:16am PDT

Artist Turns Famous Songs into Vintage Book Covers

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