I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great deal of staging to tell a little story that was still part of the book. And it had to make sense on its own.
I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.
I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.

