# The cover > The cover of DeathBot 2000: a theatre stage seen through a combat robot's targeting display, drawn in code. Its description comes first. Part of [DeathBot 2000](https://blind-ant.com/pieces/deathbot-2000/index.md), a Piece. Cover, October 2026. Drawn in code by Claude, directed by Charlotte Joanne. A book cover. At the top is the title, DEATHBOT 2000, in tall cream capitals. DEATH is struck through with a scrawled red marker line, and Describe is written above it in red marker, with a proofreader's caret. Below the title, in spaced gold capitals: A design fiction in eight parts. Beneath that, a gilded theatre arch frames a stage, with red velvet curtains tied back and wooden boards. A single spotlight falls on a silhouetted tall man in a fedora and a long coat, mid-stride. He is entering from the audience's right, which is the actor's stage left. An amber targeting display is drawn over the scene. Corner brackets and a gunsight ring lock onto the man, and a dotted arrow shows which way he is walking. Above the box, CLASS: HOSTILE is struck out in red, with CLASS: ACTOR above it. A readout says: Subject 01. Tall man, hat. Entering stage left. Threat 0.00. Performance: extremely convincing. In the corners: DB-2K Theatre Edition. Mode: Describe. Rec. Drones tracked: 0 of 32. A caption bar across the front of the stage reads: It is simply to make sure no one misses what happens next. In the foreground are rows of dark audience silhouettes. One woman wears a headset, and she is tagged: Row D, seat 7. First time in 4 years. At the bottom is the author's name, Charlotte Joanne. ## The picture The description above came first. Here is the picture it describes.
The DeathBot 2000 cover. Its full description is the wall label above.
DeathBot 2000, cover, 2026. Drawn in code by Claude: every curtain fold, letter and silhouette is a line of a script. No image generator was used.
The machine gets stage left right. It is the audience's right, which is easy to get wrong. [Next: Exit Interview](https://blind-ant.com/pieces/deathbot-2000/exit-interview/).