Sombreros Yn Y Glaw

Inside the image.

A square illustrated cover centres on a caricatured man shown from the chest upwards, filling most of the frame. He faces forward beneath an exceptionally broad green sombrero that stretches almost from edge to edge. The brim dips over his forehead and is edged with a dark line; a curved band across the crown and brim carries a row of round red ornaments with dark centres. The crown is low and slightly peaked, with a red-and-white panel at the front bearing a small white emblem on red. Large red script lettering arches across the top, partly behind and above the hat.

The man's face is pale, with a large pink nose, a thick dark moustache, dotted stubble, and black sunglasses. His wavy brown hair shows below the brim at either side. A conspicuous white plume or cloud-like shape runs down the right side of his face and shoulder, obscuring part of his hair, glasses and clothing. He wears a green garment patterned with red spots and a high, broad collar, over a blue jacket with purple lapels. At the lower edge, his torso is cropped by the frame. Two orange-and-red diagonal forms, decorated with small pale shapes, rise from the bottom corners towards his shoulders; their exact identity is unclear. Curved orange lettering with a dark outline follows the bottom of the composition across his chest.

The background is a flat yellow-green field with scattered outlined circles and bubbles in varied sizes. Some overlap the hat and the figure, while others sit near the edges. The palette is bright and highly contrasting: acid green, red, orange, blue, purple, black and white. Thick dark outlines define the cartoon forms, with highlights and shadows used to give the face, hat and clothes a rounded, slightly dimensional appearance. The image is densely filled, with the hat and lettering pressing close to the edges. It is a hand-drawn-looking graphic illustration rather than a photograph; the surface appears smooth, with a few visible soft or irregular edges.