Jan 13
Scott B Comments: I ask for one pissed-off bat-mongoose-eagle-beaver-man-thing. And you nailed it!
Published 1979
Scott B Comments: I ask for one pissed-off bat-mongoose-eagle-beaver-man-thing. And you nailed it!
Published 1979
January 13th, 2016 at 11:00 am
Iceman: “You can be my wing-man any time.”
Bat-mongoose-eagle-beaver-man-thing: “Aaieee kakak hiss…”
January 13th, 2016 at 11:06 am
Altitude sickness, hypothermia… bring it on!
January 13th, 2016 at 1:10 pm
“…flyway to the Danger Zone!”
January 13th, 2016 at 1:32 pm
Blood on the tails.
January 13th, 2016 at 2:22 pm
Chris Achilleos is wasting his talent painting sci-fi cover art.
He should be painting minivans.
January 13th, 2016 at 2:56 pm
If it has wings and is in the sky and is not Brian Blessed I am unimpressed.
January 13th, 2016 at 4:14 pm
Talk about pick-up artists.
January 13th, 2016 at 4:24 pm
His hat looks like Darth Vader and a shark had a baby.
Not much war going on, is there?
January 13th, 2016 at 4:25 pm
It could be worse: it could be a great big sweary beer-swilling Dutchman.
January 13th, 2016 at 4:58 pm
“Hello, Dr. Moreau, this is the National Park Service. Was that one of your creations that was just witnessed attacking people with an axe in southern California? It has bat wings, a long tail and a beak, all on a human body. Please answer your phone as soon as possible.”
*hangs up* “I hate mad scientists.”
January 13th, 2016 at 5:20 pm
Is that the sun setting or some kind of weird smiley-face cosmic emoji on the horizon?
January 13th, 2016 at 6:01 pm
@Bibliomancer: Achilleos’s most celebrated work was the line-drawings for ‘The Joy of Sex’. Do you really want the hairy man on the side of your van?
(In homage to his second-most-celebrated work, this painting really needs the word ‘K-Klakk!!’ on it).
January 13th, 2016 at 6:44 pm
@Tat Wood – The big hairy man is already inside the van. Don’t need another one on the outside.
January 13th, 2016 at 6:58 pm
Foss not Achilleos. Van Rijn would have been hairy – oiled locks, goatee.
January 14th, 2016 at 3:44 pm
I wanna say something clever, but all I can think is, “Jeez, what a mess.” Somebody in editorial actually approved this?
January 15th, 2016 at 10:49 am
I was going to write a parody of “Nerdy person makes a pseudo-scientific analysis of the wingspan ratio needed to lift the alien” — but I realized this might set off a REAL, interminable discussion about the wingspan ratio needed to lift the alien… let’s not go there.
January 15th, 2016 at 11:12 am
@AR: ‘What is the average wing speed velocity of an unladen bat-mongoose-eagle-beaver-man-thing?’ would be even nerdier.
January 15th, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Well I can tell you that fat, curvy shield is really gonna f*&% up his aerodynamics.
January 15th, 2016 at 5:37 pm
African or European?
January 16th, 2016 at 7:05 pm
@Ray P: I think people would prefer “spit” in this case.
January 17th, 2016 at 2:25 am
I wish I knew what he (it?) was staring at so intently. Guessing an aquatic being with a bow.
@A.R.Yngve – I think we should go for the discussion…I have a calculator. And Wolfram Alpha.
September 6th, 2016 at 11:25 pm
@RayP: European. 😛