Jul 14
Tom Noir’s Art Direction: Okay, this book is heroic Celtic fantasy, but the question is how do we sell it to the ladies? I’ll tell you how: full frontal nudity. What do you mean we can’t – okay, fine. Throw some strategically placed splashes over it to please the censors. But just so people get the picture, fill the remaining cover space with pictures of swords.
Published 1993
You might remember this from here.
Seriously, why do all these guys shave their body hair?
Amazing! Many thanks to Tom!
July 14th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Isn’t that every man’s pose after a really long and victorious wank?
July 14th, 2010 at 9:33 am
cutmanmike>>> I thought that the outcome of what you suggest was either hairy palms or going blind…who would have thought it gave you a silver hand?
July 14th, 2010 at 10:02 am
@SophaLoaf: Depends how much man milk projectiles over your hand!
July 14th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Cut Soph> Just because we are all thinking about it doesn’t mean we have to say it out loud! lol
BTW pretty small splashes covering his ‘Justice Truncheon’ in my opinion.
July 14th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Thought I should say. While preparing this post my sweet dear mother brought me a cup of tea. Glancing quickly at the cover she commented:
“What type of site do you run again? Is this why you aren’t married yet?”
Touche mother, touche.
July 14th, 2010 at 11:04 am
I feel oddly inadequate now for having a male lead character with actual chest hair.
Good job his bodyguard waxes his, or we’d be left with nothing for the ladies to look at.
July 14th, 2010 at 11:46 am
being a straight lady, i am not impressed…he looks like he plays for the other team.
@SI Yes, the small splashes may have something to do with it.
July 14th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Red Hankie, left pocket.
July 14th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Surprisingly, this DOES depict an actual scene from the book although in my mind’s eye it didn’t seem quite so… erotic.
Anyway, I was fortunate to read it originally with a much less, um, vivid cover.
July 14th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
When I was young I took this book to church and read it between services. It got some weird looks, but I told them Lawhead was a Christian (he is), so it was ok.
July 14th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
now that I know about this cover, I will accept no substitutes.
July 15th, 2010 at 4:14 am
Maybe it’s just me, but trying to punch out crossed swords on a shield doesn’t seem wise even IF your hand is made out of silver.
July 15th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Of course the title is wrong. It should be “The Silver Forearm”.
July 15th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
DSDan> Christian!?! Well that explains the well toned body.. trade mark of the Christian. I’m kidding of course.
July 15th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Does this mean if I put 40,000 volts through his “silver hand” he turns invisible…?
(I could’nt resist making The Steel Claw reference, as it looks far too similar to Mr Cranston’s prosethic for words…)
July 15th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
@ SI
I don’t know; Jesus always seems pretty ripped, right?
July 15th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
DoDoGuru> Fair point. And Samson was certainly the Conan of biblical times.
January 3rd, 2011 at 1:33 pm
I remember reading somewhere that it is increasingly common for straight male porn stars to shave their entire bodies.
The artist here was obviously ahead of the curve.
January 3rd, 2011 at 3:47 pm
I wonder what the cover depicting Dagda will look like…
October 12th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
I finally found the third book in this illustrious series, featuring yet another shirtless model with shaven body hair. Hopefully the admin will post it soon!
December 19th, 2015 at 9:21 am
“YEOOOWW!!”
“You’ll only have yourself to blame, for playing with the pot of molten lead!”
July 28th, 2017 at 12:41 pm
@DCowie read it somewhere, uh huh. 🙂
July 28th, 2017 at 12:47 pm
@Tom Noir #20 – And it came to pass that all three tomes of The Song of Albion were enshrined on Good Show Sir.
… wait, how can we be sure there aren’t any more of these damned things?
July 28th, 2017 at 1:31 pm
I prefer this mythology filtered through Michael Moorcock. Better covers.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e4/ca/c4/e4cac41a61e07730834159809337d558–comic-covers-book-covers.jpg
July 28th, 2017 at 1:41 pm
I know a chrome plated dildo when I see one.
July 28th, 2017 at 4:01 pm
This cover is actually depicting the body-hair waxing process. Ouch.
July 28th, 2017 at 9:42 pm
This is why I’ve never been adventurous enough to try the Turkish bath.
July 29th, 2017 at 3:09 am
That’s so gay, even John Barrowman is saying “Trying too hard, honey.”
I personally like a man with a bit o’ chest hair, as long as it doesn’t climb above his collar or (shudder, gag) spread to his back.
Is Mr. God Mullet here dipped in a bath of Nair to get that smooth all over look, and does that explain why the tasteful splash is so small?
July 30th, 2017 at 7:58 am
@GSS ex-noob
Just John Barrowman? My specially convened panel of Oscar Wilde, Quentin Crisp, and Julian Clary thinks its probably a bit too gay. Also Stephen Fry complained about the implied connection between fisting and gay sex.
July 30th, 2017 at 9:55 am
“By the power of Numbskull, I am Super Proctologist!”
July 30th, 2017 at 4:30 pm
Lord Mullet realised at last that his destiny would be fulfilled: he and he alone would sacrifice his left forearm to forge the hilt for the Last Elven Mind Sword and be the one true half-decent thing in ‘Hawk the Slayer’.
July 30th, 2017 at 9:35 pm
@Tat: is there anything you don’t know enough about to reference on this board? 🙂
August 1st, 2017 at 7:22 am
@Francis: Even from the Great Beyond, people can see how overly gay this is?