Oct 22
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Scott B Comments: It looks like there’s some serious industrial-grade symbolism happening on this cover, but I have no idea what it is. An albino woman with some sort of aboriginal figure superimposed (or inside her?) surrounded by Fire (and with weird fiery-squiggle aura around the woman) over a background of Earth and Water. It feels like it should really mean something but…
Published 1972
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Tagged with: Andrew Lang • Ballantine Books • collage • damsel • dude • H. Rider Haggard • Lin Carter • Mati Klarwein • planets • WTF
Oct 17
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Jaouad’s Art Direction: This author sells multi-millions, so I was thinking huge laserdisc with some vaguely operatic characters on it, flying across a landscape of red crystals with a ridiculously large moon in the background. Also a beach girl.
Published 1992
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Tagged with: computers • crystal • damsel • dude • font problems • Grafton Books • jester • moon • Piers Anthony • planets • robes • Steve Crisp • virtual world • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Oct 15
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: I’m still going through this in my head but surely we can have a man carrying away his damsel on a large fluffy cat beast… beast…bea…breasts! That’s it! Just make sure to have breasts on there too!
Published 1978
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Tagged with: beast-riding • capes • Chris Achilleos • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • font problems • Gor series • John Norman • pole weapons • space sheep • spear • Star Books • strange creature
Oct 12
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Diggler’s Art Direction: Lets put a big black phallic symbol on a moon surface and have the men running in fear while the women gawk.
Published 1954
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Tagged with: Bantam Books • damsel • dude • giant space needle • Jerry Sohl • Richard Powers • space • WTF
Oct 11
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Gavin Comments: A crap looking Marlon Brando inexplicably appears in the New York skyline.
Published 1992
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Tagged with: Alun Hood • embossing • Headline books • Herbert Burkholz • moon • sky-eyes • WTF
Oct 10
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Kim Comments: Steve Strange meets Rumpelstiltskin.
Published 1972
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Tagged with: damsel • dude • I'm melting! • Kurt Vonnegut Jr • Panther Books • perspective problems • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Oct 09
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Frank Comments: Cover art by Gino D’Achille. Who I note wasn’t afraid to paint a lady warrior with a bit of convexity where her tummy should be. I approve!
Published 1978
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Tagged with: Ansen Dibell • bladed weapons • capes • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • dude • Gino D'Achille • loincloth • mullet • muscles • shortbow • strange creature
Oct 08
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Nina’s Art Direction: Draw me the story of a ghost…of a woman…in her pants, with a cat, and John Lennon. In a wooden cabin, flying through the sky. Yes, draw THAT ghost story.
Published 1985 (maybe)
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Tagged with: damsel • devil's dumplings • ghosts • Hill House Publishing • Peter Straub • space sheep • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Oct 03
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Ian Comments: Cigar smoking bunny… what more is there to say? If only that knife had a ting!
Published 1991
Maybe breaking our joke onto the genre rule… oh well.
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • beret hat • bikini • bladed weapons • cleavage • Craig Shaw Gardner • daggers • damsel • dude • fedora hat • fire • horns • lava • monsters • once you see it • rabbit people • suits you • trenchcoat • volcano • Walter Velez • WTF
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