Nov 19
Click for full imageA heavily armoured sword wielding knight on a metal horse attacks some smoking animals. Why are they smoking? For effect my dear boy! And possibly magic. Anyway, make sure those animals are mean! I want red eyes and snarls!
(Rating: 7.38 out of 10)
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November 19th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Just the title made me laugh!
He’s a warlock and he’s really rather angry, I tell you. Those damnable animals and their smoking really are more then a enough to drive any self respecting magical type to waving their sword around in any annoyed fashion..
November 19th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Phrases we don’t hear enough of in everyday conversation: ‘excuse me, sir, your purple grizzly bear appears to be on fire.’
November 19th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Nice placement of the price sticker, too.
‘___ AND SORCERY CLASH ONCE AGAIN!’ What fills the blank? I’m torn between (a) ‘CHEESE’, (b) HOVERCRAFTS and (c) ‘REALLY, REALLY STINKY-REEKING ANIMALS’ That last would be tough to fit under the sticker, I know, but would at least explain the cover animals. And I’m sure with judicious use of font size …
November 19th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Maybe they are all offended he’s riding a metal horse and not an actual animal.
“Get away from here you beasts! This is a no smoking area!”
November 19th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Smokey the Bear and Socery Clash Once Again
My money is on Smokey
November 19th, 2009 at 7:19 am
‘Tweed Jackets and sorcery clash once again’
November 19th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Again with the orange sky? I think it must be done by the same colour blind artist as the last book. Would explain the purple bear alright.
Adam, i’m gonna go with (b) HOVERCRAFTS and Sorcery, it could explain the robotic horse… er… maybe not
November 19th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I’m sorry, we’re British here. We’ve a stereo-type to live up to.
The book should have been called ‘The Slightly Miffed Sorcerer’, or ‘The Cross Sorcerer’, or even ‘The Put Out Sorcerer’.
May 30th, 2010 at 7:32 am
Well, actually, I do own this original painting of Steve Hickman’s, and I love it. But all of the covers to the Warlock books, both Hickman’s and those that followed him, had the robot horse look like a robot instead of a real horse. “He” was a robot, but did not look like one. But the metallic horse did look cool on tose covers… but it is misleading…
May 30th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
At first I thought the title read “The Warlock Engaged,” which sounds like an interesting book that I would absolutely buy.
Is this an entire series about The Warlock’s mental states? “The Warlock Relieved.” “The Warlock Relaxed.” “The Warlock Comfortable.” “The Warlock Outwardly Calm But Inwardly Consumed By Ennui And Existential Angst.” “The Warlock Mildly Interested.”
May 30th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Let me put it this way: the other books in the series that I own include “The Warlock in Spite of Himself,” “The Warlock Unlocked,” “The Warlock Heretical” and “The Warlock is Missing.” So pretty much, yes.
December 20th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Remember: Only YOU can prevent Fairy Forest fires!