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Click for full imageGK Comments: When I saw this at the book store all I could say was, “Good Show, Sir!”
Published 1999
(Average: 8.68 out of 10)
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GK Comments: When I saw this at the book store all I could say was, “Good Show, Sir!”
Published 1999
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May 11th, 2012 at 10:23 am
The look of terror that can only mean “Shelley Winters and Jim Dale are after us!”
May 11th, 2012 at 11:47 am
I know the guy in front of the dragon is holding a crossbow, but doesn’t it look a little like a musical instrument? Between that and the reeeeally bright colors, he looks like a minstrel.
As I first looked at this cover I heard:
“Bravely bold Sir Robin
Rode forth from Camelot …”
May 11th, 2012 at 11:52 am
If Battledragon (i assume it is he) takes another step without looking where he’s going, he’s going to knock minstrel boy there off the bridge.
May 11th, 2012 at 11:53 am
I have to say my first thought on seeing this was “Its Scooby Doo: the D&D Years”.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Human, beware!
May 11th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
My goodness…the girl and the dragon from Human, Beware! had a child. Thank Heaven for the modesty flap.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
“I’ll have a Dragon Ultimate and a Tall Latte Mocha Frappe, please.”
May 11th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Sure, dragons have HUGE TEETH and RAZOR SHARP CLAWS and let’s not forget they BREATHE INFERNAL FLAMES FROM THEIR MOUTH, but sometimes they just need armor and a sword!
May 11th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Also, one gets the impression they named it “Dragon Ultimate” because “Ultimate Dragon” was some sort of copyright infringement.
May 11th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Behind you!
May 11th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
And: I was wondering where my blue bath towel had gone. Covering a dragon’s goolies.
May 11th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
A closer look at minstrel boy shows that he is not wearing medieval clothes, but rather generic paramilitary fatigues in clown colors.
May 11th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
The most ineffective looking guardrail I have ever seen. Is everyone else on this world only 2 feet high?
May 11th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
Check out the elbow spikes. Poor guy probably rolls over in his sleep and hurts himself all the time.
May 11th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
This one keeps nagging at me for some reason. Surely skimpy armour for such a large dragon, covering only the upper body. And aren’t dragons supposed to have wings? Where are they? Crushed up inside his tabard?
Is the dragon sneaking up on the clown-coloured military-fatigued guy, or is he his personal bodyguard?
GREEN lightning?
Only three fingers per dragon hand? Is this standard anatomy for dragons?
May 11th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
“Hey watch this guys! I am totally going to grab onto this dude and get struck by lightning. It will be hilarious!”
May 11th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
I attribute the green lightning to poor color reproduction. It and what looks like chartreuse paint splashed on the figures is clearly supposed to be yellow light. And I’m willing to bet the originally painted sky was a little darker and more stormy.
May 11th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Oh, come on. That’s clearly not a dragon; it’s an albertosaurus with spikes on.
I’d have said tyrannosaurus, but it has three fingers instead of two.
May 11th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
I’m with Noir and Phil. When you get to the point where your dragon character is anthropomorphic, wears armor, and wields a sword, you have to sit down and ask yourself why he is even a dragon anymore.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:39 am
“author of Dragons of Argonath.”
Quick, call the Tolkien Estate!
May 12th, 2012 at 3:43 am
Wait, you mean Skateboard Girl isn’t in this one?
May 12th, 2012 at 6:07 am
I remember these. I used to dog-ear some of those books while waiting for my mom to finish her grocery shopping; groceries always have the worst shit in their book sections.
The dragon’s in armor and wielding a sword because he lives in a generic fantasy world and also because he has no wings and can’t breathe fire. His people are hired as mercenaries, or something. I can’t remember much besides how disappointing the books were when the cover promised something that, to my childish mind, seemed awesome — a dragon who was a knight! Does he fight bigger, badder monsters, or does he fight humans? Or maybe he’s a good guy, and has allied himself with the humans! And oh god, how long does it take mom to pick out some freaking pads, I am not going over there.
May 12th, 2012 at 11:32 am
If the dinosaur-thing is Battledragon, is the one with the crossbow Deceiver? If so, that’s going to be a very quick final showdown…
May 12th, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Also, that Mr Dragon’s breast plate is one of the least realistic-looking I have ever seen. Like something made of plastic you’d buy at a toy shop for your kids. And don’t even get me started on the… what is that? Chainmail?
May 13th, 2012 at 6:54 am
“And they’ll be facing… Battledragon! And Deceiver! Contenders – ready! Gladiators – ready!”
May 14th, 2012 at 7:51 am
If there’s a Battledragon, is there a peace-lovin’ Hippiedragon too?
May 17th, 2012 at 11:45 am
I think there should be a loincloth tag here.
This dragosaur does have chubby cheeks, doesn’t he? Unless it’s some kind of hamstersaurus.
May 17th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
He is indeed a cheeky chappy.
January 17th, 2013 at 8:38 pm
Actually I just saw this at a place in Columbus! It’s amazing!!!
February 4th, 2013 at 8:04 pm
Dino: Quickly the enemy approaches, hide under my loincloth!!
Bowman: Thats your solution for everything!!!!
February 5th, 2013 at 3:49 am
@Rags, yup…seems about right. From how Bowman is struggling to stand upright, it appears he has learned from past experience.