Sep 20
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Art Direction: Man in a thong sword fighting an octopus while two half naked babes watch. My only regret is that only the French people will see this glorious work of art. Maybe someday… someone… somewhere will show this to the masses so they might all say, “Good Show Sir. Good Show!”
Published 1985
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • cephalopod • cleavage • damsel • dude • Fleuve Noir Books • Good Show Sir • hunkbutt • loincloth • long haired men • Maurice Limat • monsters • mullet • muscles • strange creature • sword • tentacles • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jun 29
Joachim Comments: Girl with strategically placed stars (of course). Chola eyebrows and bleached blonde hair with walking shark with gill piercing/oops, I mean a chain-leash…. And she has claws of course — see, the cover is derived entirely from the TITLE!
Published 1975
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Tagged with: chain • cleavage • cyborg • damsel • DAW Books • Kelly Freas • magic • Michael G. Coney • shark • starkers • strange creature • WTF
Mar 18
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OH man, do I have a bad hangover! I need something soothing, like a half naked teenager holding a guitar and a bit of blood trickling from his mouth. His hair slicked back, his skin pale like that of a… vampire! That’s right, I did just suggest it: a vampire guitarist! Uh-oh, I’m going to be sick.
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Tagged with: boring • David Farren • dude • fantastical rock star • glow • Gollancz Books • muscles • S. P. Somtow • starkers • Timmy Valentine series • WTF
Feb 19
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Look the font is just too big we can’t fit the whole word in there. But hold on… Hold on a god damn second. What if we spelt it, DRA – GON and put it on two separate lines? Then all we’d have to do is add a dragon firing a laser from its mouth. God, I’m good.
It has come to our attention that this book is not Sci-fi nor fantasy. It is in fact a political thriller.
We appologise, but the cover is still amazing!
– Good Show Sir
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Tagged with: Alfred Coppel • call 555-orthodontic-emergency • dragon • font problems • frickin laser beams • Pan Books • Unknown Artist Institute
Aug 07
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Bob M Comments: That’s the most humiliated-looking hamsa eye I’ve ever seen.
Published 1967
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Tagged with: Ace Books • Alan E. Nourse • baldness • Don Ivan Punchatz • dude • eye-yi-yi • Good Show Sir • hand eyes • mountains • starkers • WTF
Mar 30
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Tamsym comments: Found in a charity shop on the Isle of Wight, I’ve been looking for a home for this baby for six months. It’s got all the hallmarks of a classic: nipples – check; vacuous expression – check; absolutely no relevance to the title – check.
I’m not saying ghosts can’t be gay, mind. But you have to wonder about the plot arc, eh?
Thanks so much to Tamsyn!
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Tagged with: cleavage • damsel • font problems • Jonathan Quayne • Sphere Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jun 19
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Good Show Sir Comments: Is child labour illegal in Australia? Because Deodand Publishing has a 13 year old boy running its Art Department.
Published 2002
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Tagged with: anatomical issues • damsel • Deodand Publishing • Edgar Rice Burroughs • loincloth • side boob • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Feb 22
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Joachim Comments: A monkey woman/man (?) or is that a tail… Regardless, two sheep are required.
Published 1962
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Tagged with: cleavage • devil's dumplings • dragon • Four Sqaure Books • gibberish title • John Wyndham • monsters • space sheep • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Aug 22
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Vincent’s Art Direction: So, put an enormous crab on the cover. And, what the hey, give him a knife. No, make it a dagger. Right, then have the sacrificial victim be a young woman lying beneath the knife….perfect, that’s it!
Published 1989
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • crab • daggers • damsel • Dell Books • giant enemy crab • Guy N. Smith • human sacrifice • strange creature • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute
Dec 17
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Artist: What ya want chief?
Art Director: Ever seen a baby staring at bright flashing colours or the TV? Well draw that type of face! Except floating disembodied through space.
Artist: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit taking amphetamines.
Published 1990
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Tagged with: baldness • baldy bad man • daemons • evil children • galaxies • Gollancz Books • John Higgins • Orbit Books • Richard Cowper • space • WTF
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