This has to be the laziest cover we’ve ever seen here. Back in the 70s other bad artist were suffering for their bad art by taking weird bad drugs and producing horrible psychedelic monstrosities. This guy just wanders down the street with his camera set on double exposure and, hey, presto one boring bad cover.
I’m imagining that this is the story of a soul that can only move through the human world via the traffic control grid. He tries to express complex thoughts and ideas to a population ignorant to the subtlety of his nuanced form of communication….or am I projecting?
♪ So I took a big chance at the GSS dance
With an Ampelmännchen ready to play.
Was it that he was walkin’
Or really was he stalkin’?
Told me how to walk this way
He told me to
Walk this way, walk this way
Walk this way, walk this way … ♪
I’m with @FB (3): this is an uncommonly lazy cover. This guy probably flunked out of UAI. Out of focus traffic signals, dull yet not contrasting lettering… it wouldn’t entice anyone to pick it up.
It’s a big sigh and ho-hum of a cover.
Mr. Stalker of the Worlds appears to be carrying a piece of crown molding. Probably remodeling, and Mrs. Stalker wants the exact perfect match, which can only be found on some other planet/dimension.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:40 am
The Green Cross Code Man gets a robot and now where are we?
April 10th, 2019 at 11:40 am
If you see the stalker of the worlds you will piss yourself either in fright or laughter.
April 10th, 2019 at 12:10 pm
This has to be the laziest cover we’ve ever seen here. Back in the 70s other bad artist were suffering for their bad art by taking weird bad drugs and producing horrible psychedelic monstrosities. This guy just wanders down the street with his camera set on double exposure and, hey, presto one boring bad cover.
April 10th, 2019 at 12:59 pm
“You look down on your luck. Let me give you a hand!”
April 10th, 2019 at 2:12 pm
Forget the hands and feet. What I learned at UAI is “Everything is hard to draw.”
April 10th, 2019 at 3:15 pm
I’m imagining that this is the story of a soul that can only move through the human world via the traffic control grid. He tries to express complex thoughts and ideas to a population ignorant to the subtlety of his nuanced form of communication….or am I projecting?
April 10th, 2019 at 3:49 pm
Is he punching that little guy in the nuts?
April 10th, 2019 at 6:04 pm
♪ So I took a big chance at the GSS dance
With an Ampelmännchen ready to play.
Was it that he was walkin’
Or really was he stalkin’?
Told me how to walk this way
He told me to
Walk this way, walk this way
Walk this way, walk this way … ♪
April 10th, 2019 at 7:00 pm
@Tor M—If only the UAI had hired R. Crumb for its faculty.
April 10th, 2019 at 7:11 pm
After seeing this S F Hale cover, I swear I’ll never make fun of Baen EVER again!
Well, maybe not EVER again…at least for a few hours.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:17 pm
One can only hope the editorial staff had a good time with the booze they bought with the cover artist budget.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:22 am
I’m with @FB (3): this is an uncommonly lazy cover. This guy probably flunked out of UAI. Out of focus traffic signals, dull yet not contrasting lettering… it wouldn’t entice anyone to pick it up.
It’s a big sigh and ho-hum of a cover.
Mr. Stalker of the Worlds appears to be carrying a piece of crown molding. Probably remodeling, and Mrs. Stalker wants the exact perfect match, which can only be found on some other planet/dimension.
September 30th, 2019 at 10:00 pm
Editor: “We need that cover in FIVE MINUTES!”
Artist: “Lend me your Instamatic… I’ll be back in three with a cover.”