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Click for full imageJoachim’s Art Direction: So I’m thinking cowlick + half a blue gimp mask + weird hands…
Published 1964
(Average: 8.42 out of 10)
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Joachim’s Art Direction: So I’m thinking cowlick + half a blue gimp mask + weird hands…
Published 1964
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May 4th, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Le Who Comes Up With This Shite.
May 4th, 2017 at 12:58 pm
Ah, good old fashioned bad. At this point I think we need the relief.
May 4th, 2017 at 1:07 pm
The black and white man in the blue and green gimp armour juggling planets is honestly not what’s catching my attention on this cover. I mean, yeah, it’s something, but I’m drawn to the text at the bottom.
(1) Gilles d’Argyre is a great name for an author, in fact it’s a great name full stop. “You fight well youngster, but you face no ordinary guard. For I am Gilles d’Argyre!” (dramatic chord)
(2) Google tells me the text at the bottom should be read as
*ANTICIPATION*
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“Black River”
Yeah, beats me..
May 4th, 2017 at 1:18 pm
@DaveM: You’re right! ‘In Anticipation of the Black River’, a Gilles d’Argyle novel of murder, moisture and interesting socks, written by the famous Asian-French novelist Le Long Voyage, sounds much better.
May 4th, 2017 at 1:28 pm
@DSWBT, Sir you are a genius! It does make a lot more sense that way! I shall petition the admins of this great site to change the page name to “Anticipation of the Black River” instead of the (obviously) authors name. 🙂
May 4th, 2017 at 1:31 pm
Le long voyage c’est le short read.
May 4th, 2017 at 1:32 pm
Maybe it’s a novel about ketchup.
May 4th, 2017 at 1:45 pm
The eyes and quiff seem to belong to Jeff Morrow, from ‘This Island Earth’. International copyright law was a long tine a-coming, wasn’t it?
Love the carbon-atom soul-patch.
May 4th, 2017 at 2:28 pm
Le Long Voyage: The Challenging Career of a One-Armed Juggler
“…**ANTICIPATION**… — Paris Match
“… fleuve noir de merde …” — Le Monde
May 4th, 2017 at 2:35 pm
@Tat: Looks like he’s had too many hits of the Interociter. Just say no, kids.
Also, come now, surely “bighanditis” is required as a tag?
May 4th, 2017 at 2:54 pm
@ Le B’mancer— 😉
May 4th, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Un-Frenching-believable.
Are we SURE this is a real cover and not a hoax? :-S
May 4th, 2017 at 4:06 pm
This is just the start of a cunning viral media campaign by Sony to test the waters for a possible Doctor Doom movie.
May 4th, 2017 at 4:28 pm
@fred: starring Gimpy Smurf?
May 4th, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Anyone know why he’s got an atom design tattooed on his chin? Also, on closer inspection he seems to be wearing some kind of blue mask over his face, and his exposed forehead and eyes reveal he’s actually monochrome.
I have no idea who designed this bloody awful outfit, but I suspect it may be responsible for enlarging his hand. (He’s not wearing a glove.)
May 4th, 2017 at 5:44 pm
The atomic soul patch nicely complements the atomic ear cuff. The bighanditis tag is sorely missed. I also see more than a little bit of smugness in his demeanor, though not much smirk.
May 5th, 2017 at 1:46 am
Needs “bighanditis” tag, I agree.
Is that even a spacesuit? A good chunk of his gray-scale head is sticking out, along with gray-scale big hand. Nowhere to put a helmet. I think it’s just a fancy Atomic Age gimp suit, too tight at the wrist.
His soul patch seems to have only 3 electrons, which makes it lithium. Perhaps a clue to what the artist’s problem was.
May 5th, 2017 at 2:42 am
@DSWBT – My bad. It could also be a Sony re-booting of either Galactus or Susan Storm.
The title mentions ‘voyage’ but there is no depicted mode of transportation. I nominate pale blue roller skates covered in silver glitter with multi-colored 4″ leather fringe at the ankles and bright red laces. Flashing blue lights at the wheel hubs optional.
May 5th, 2017 at 7:44 am
It’s a nice representation of Charles DeGaul’s overinflated sense of self worth.
May 6th, 2017 at 12:41 am
Also, Ting! Those brass buttons are going Ting!
May 8th, 2017 at 7:46 am
Considering how famous France is for its fashion industry, that book cover would cause at least *twice* as much scorn and mockery of skiffy fans as in any other country…
“Gilles, que’est que-ce?? Quelle costume zatapatique!”
“Mais oui, c’est La Couture Future!”
“Tu est le con plus gros de l’univers…Ho-ho-ho-ho!”
December 24th, 2021 at 3:49 am
Dang, that Exter sneaks inot *every* cover picture, doesn’t he? 😉
April 28th, 2022 at 11:26 am
La loi Godwin: over time, the probability of French SF covers to resemble Tintin tends to 1.