swapping crows, counting goldfish

The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. Original book cover.
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.
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Dave McKean re-used the same illustration for the cover of the Counting Crows album This Desert Life a year later. The image became more associated with the album, when the book was re-released it came with this cover instead…:

The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.

…which is rather sad to look at in my opinion.

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