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Click for full image Tom H writes: The manuscript Brunner submitted was called The Dermatologists of Yech!, but Ace felt it sounded too much like another of his titles.
Published 1972
Thanks Tom!
(Average: 6.69 out of 10)
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Tom H writes: The manuscript Brunner submitted was called The Dermatologists of Yech!, but Ace felt it sounded too much like another of his titles.
Published 1972
Thanks Tom!
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April 24th, 2013 at 11:36 am
I just want to squeeze this fellow!…and extract the succulent juices, and ferment them for a few years in solid oak casks.
April 24th, 2013 at 11:39 am
At first, I couldn’t understand why there weren’t any rabbits on the cover. Then I realized how badly this book needs a ‘font problems’ tag.
April 24th, 2013 at 11:42 am
“Magnetic artistry”? Wait, so those are some kind of executive magnet ball-sculpture desk toy?
OK then, that makes… not really any more sense, actually.
April 24th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Brings me back to my childhood Sega Mega Drive days.
http://www.freewebs.com/virtualcorner/ballz%203d.jpg
I think there was another similar balls game… anyway… Sega Rulez!
April 24th, 2013 at 12:28 pm
There was, there was… a game with humanoid fighters, one of whom was made of balls (and the most annoying opponent of all).
Not Fighters Megamix, not Vectorman (he would be The Jagged Orbot)…
April 24th, 2013 at 12:35 pm
It takes a lot of balls to make a cover like this!
There, I said it.
April 24th, 2013 at 12:36 pm
I wonder who first came up with that ‘future computer’ font, you know, the one that has been used by NO COMPUTER EVER?
April 24th, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Nothing “jagged” about ball-boy here. Supports my theory that at Ace Books the covers are matched up with the books at random.
April 24th, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Tom Noir @ 7, the font is called “Checkbook” and was designed by Allen R. Walden. It was no doubt inspired by the font that was used for the codes printed on checks, which I guess could be read with accuracy by some sort of device.
April 24th, 2013 at 2:22 pm
The Jagged Robot alluded to in the title is obviously referring to BubbleBots most feared and dreaded enemy, the only one against whom his defences had no chance…
April 24th, 2013 at 2:28 pm
Orbit, not robot? Never mind.
April 24th, 2013 at 3:16 pm
Ahh the rare Atari 2600 font, good show sir!
April 24th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
These balls are making me testy…..(huh?? huh??)
April 24th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
This is what happens when the Michelin Man goes on a crash diet. Too many dexies; not a pretty sight.The atrophied right arm (assuming he is facing forward—come to think of it, there’s no way to tell, another stroke of artistic genius) also hints at extreme self-abuse behavior. Quite the pity.
April 24th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
If you tie your name and address to them, you might get a reply from Betelgeuse or even further away!
April 24th, 2013 at 4:08 pm
I thought the tag “balls” was a value judgement until I actually looked at the picture.
April 24th, 2013 at 5:08 pm
@Tom Hering: Thanks. And… I actually learned something from GSS. What is the world coming to!?!
April 24th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster. Juicier. A real peach of a guy.
April 24th, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Still umming and arghing over whether this deserves the no-nips tag. Molecule Man certainly doesn’t have two. But he might have one. Hard to tell.
April 24th, 2013 at 9:36 pm
@TW: maybe he’s got his backside to the camera?
April 25th, 2013 at 12:11 am
That check coding that inspired the Checkbook font is called MICR, and it uses magnetic ink, thus returning us to the alleged “magnetic artistry”!
April 25th, 2013 at 12:46 am
You know, if he gets the nipple tag, you’ll have to go with the cleavage tag as well. Then the space sheep need to be called in. Before you know it…CHAOS!
April 25th, 2013 at 12:49 am
“Non-papillial person” tag? Oh. Non-nippled person. I’m new here.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:52 am
Wait! He’s nothing but nipples!
April 25th, 2013 at 6:10 am
“Particle Man, Particle Man
Doing the things a particle can
What’s he like?”
Guess that was answered.
April 25th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
We give you….The Grapes of Wrath!
April 27th, 2013 at 11:49 am
The font upon which this is based is still used for the magnetic numbers on the bottom of checks, at least in the US.
April 28th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
If bacteria ever unite into human form, we’re in deep doo-doo…
March 14th, 2016 at 8:41 am
The Michelin Man has really let himself go.
May 22nd, 2023 at 4:17 pm
@Anti-Sceptic; The Grapes of Wraith?
May 22nd, 2023 at 4:43 pm
Arcimboldo, the early years.