Irene Gallo is a Zombie

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Take another look at the cover. See that zombie on the right, indicated by the arrow (drawn in by me)? That’s Tor art director Irene Gallo! (Click to enlarge.)

When I first saw it, I said to myself, “Hey, that kind of looks like Irene.” Then I see Irene’s blog in which she explains. Compare for yourself with some images from Flickr.

Irene went on (in a comment) to ID some of the other zombies: Alan Williams, Greg Manchess, and Kristina Carroll. (I could only find a website for one of them; I assume all three are artists.)

I wonder what’s cooler: Being tuckerized into a story as a zombie, or being artistically tuckerized on the cover of a book?