Run For Cover - The Art of Derek Riggs

[Dr Cox]

I was wondering what people's thoughts on this book are. Is it worth getting? Can it be got from anywhere else other than Derek Riggs' website?

 

[Cosmiceddie]

The stories about the paintings are highly interesting, yet the pictures in the book are way too small and of rather low quality.

 

[Shrike]

I was very confused about the cover. It seems to show the artwork associated with These Colours Don't Run and as far as I know, Riggs hasn't worked with Maiden since Wicker Man/BNW. Is this picture recycled from some older single? I can't find it on his web-site in the illustrations-section, and he states that "these are the only paintings I did for Maiden". Or did he paint that cover for especially for the book, and Maiden just though it fit the song and used it?

 

[Anonymous]

Or did he paint that cover for especially for the book, and Maiden just though it fit the song and used it?

That's how it is, I think. Or maybe the band asked him for such a painting and in return offered to advertise his book. Or maybe the band asked him to do a book. Maybe Riggsy was out of cash.