Jan 16
Click for full imageAlessandra’s Art Direction: I want the main characters looking soulful, or at least sulky. I want the woman on the left missing her frontal lobes, but balance it out with piles of sausage curls on the woman below. Give the woman on the right a freakishly small body and no flesh on her arms, no ribcage, in fact no anatomy at all. Dress them in brightly colored Renaissance fair castoff costumes — don’t forget the purple! Oh, and put in a horse because you do them so well. Make its wings as sloppy as you like; we’re going to cover them with the title anyway.
Published 1978
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January 16th, 2012 at 8:56 am
To match the cover “art”, the book title above the author’s name should simply be replaced with the words “TO BACKSTAB”.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:58 am
Alternate cover blurb:
How much do our editors despise Anne McCaffrey? THIS much!”
January 16th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Don’t tell me, they’re all related, or look it. Even the horse, who’s having a bad wing day.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:32 am
It’s a decent enough horse, but not much of a pegasus. Where exactly do the ‘wings’ attach? One of the women has a touch of the Jennifer Saunders.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:51 am
I forgot to mention — It’s four shortish stories, each about a telepath, and three of the main characters are women and really, really important. So be sure to put a man front and center and make the women look like his adjuncts.
January 16th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
@Alessandra: in his defense, he doesn’t look so keen on being in the picture either. “Just pull me out so I can get on with me bloody day!”
January 16th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
I have come to the conclusion that Darrell K. Sweet, the cover artist, must have been the nicest, friendliest guy, a really diligent worker, and a dream to work with. Because his art seems to be everywhere despite being … not so good. There has to be a reason.
January 16th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Is that a fantasy cover or a prophecy predicting the entire Hairdini product line?
January 16th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Less of a horse, more of a HORSESPLOSION!
January 16th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Apparently Sweet passed away just a little over a month ago, at the age of 77.
January 16th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Alessandra: I have heard reports that he was exactly as you describe, and that he gave a lot of work to charity.
I really, really need to put together my “Faces of Darrell K. Sweet” post. Because over the course of his career, he only did a few faces.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Hey look, it’s Dr. Orpheus from The Venture Bros.!
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Hey, there’s Peggy Bundy on the cover!