User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-197.83.246.23-20200731124444/@comment-45692830-20200731125111

Arguably this thread violates T:POINT, but no, covers aren't (inherently) narrative (obviously you can put a comic book on your cover and then it's narrative). However, covers can give us an interpretative stance into reading a text, or provide more evidence for a particular reading of a text. Similar to authorial interviews or publisher summaries, these things are not part of the narrative, but they do comment on the narrative, and help us interpret and understand the actual story.