We’ve submitted many cover ideas over the years, and have had all of them rejected, so it seemed a shame not to keep a record of them.
(Captions are the very biased opinions of Max Wilkinson, not Kiyoshi Nagai)
Cover for pre-B (Charenton, Wilkinson & Nagai, Science 2019). Surely they'll like this one? Nope, they used a picture of graphene instead
Another cover for pre-B (Charenton, Wilkinson & Nagai, Science 2019). So much motion, people love that right? Nope.
Cover for U1 snRNP (Pomeranz Krummel, Nature 2009). Definitely would have got the cover in the 90s. Not anymore :'(
Trying glitzy for C complex (Galej et al, Nature 2016). It didn't work, but the real cover was a load of robots and rocket ships so I guess that's cool too
Moody B complex. OK we didn't actually submit this one, including it here because it looks nice.
Cover attempt for P complex (Wilkinson et al, Science 2017). In hindsight I guess it looked cool but was totally opaque in meaning. So they used a picture of a man in a boat instead
Another idea attempt for P complex (Wilkinson et al, Science 2017). They didn't bite, but this time I don't blame them.