Jun 27
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Emster Comments: Selena got the call from the Warrior Witch while she was at the beach: “Knife fight? Hel yeah, I’ll be right there!” A little underdressed? Perhaps, but no one’s laughing when she shows up with her kick ass battle axe.
Published 1986
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Tagged with: Asa Drake • bladed weapons • booties • Boris Vallejo • damsel • eschergirl • idol • poleaxe • Questar Books
Jun 09
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Randall Frost Art Direction “I want you to really sell the sea serpent’s scales! I mean really make a gorgeous stained glass mosaic of it! Don’t waste time on the faces. Just make a couple of commas, and BOOM you got yourself a face!”
Published 1982
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Tagged with: archery weapons • Ballantine Books • boat people • Centaur! • damsel • Del Rey Books • dude • font problems • Piers Anthony • sea monster • SFBC • Tony Fiyalko
Apr 02
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Rocky Raccoon Comments: It was a bizarre day in the Frazetta studio when he called in all his figure models for this one assignment.
Published 1970
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Tagged with: corpse mountain • damsel • Dan Britain • devil's dumplings • Frank Frazetta • orgy • Pinnacle Books • starkers • WTF
Feb 20
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Pam Comments: David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars bring Brain-Man down to Earth.
Published 1974
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Tagged with: A Reward Book • A.E. van Vogt • Ann Layman Chancellor • brain guys • exposed brain • space brain • space ships
Feb 18
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Zoom in to further enjoy Fire Dancer, Dancer’s Luck, and Dancer’s Illusion!
Good Show Sir Comments: One of our little birds sent us a link to the Smart Bitches Trashy Books blog from a few years past, wallowing in the glory of terrible Ann Maxwell book covers. We’ve skewered a few in the past such as this one, and this one. This Signet series of “Dancer Series” covers has us doffing out hat and saying Good Show Sir! Good show, indeed.
Sadly, all three covers are by a graduate of the Unknown Artist Institute, as per isfdb.org.
Published 1982, 1983
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Tagged with: Ann Maxwell • damsel • Dancer Series • dog collar • dogs • dude • fingerbeams • lens flare • muscles • Signet Books • starkers • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute
Jan 23
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Meg March Comments: She’s sad her boyfriend dumped her. But his remains made great houseplant compost.
Published 1975
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Tagged with: Charles Moll • clouds • damsel • Norman Spinrad • plant people • Pocket Books • raindrops • spiffy uniform • teat shields • the no pants dance
Aug 21
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JuanPaul Comments: “Please move your hand away from there…no, that’s not okay either. May I borrow your sword for a moment?”
You might remember this from here.
Published 1977
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Tagged with: Berkley Books • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • font problems • helmet • horses • Ken Barr • lens flare • Michael Moorcock • sword • tasteful smoke • teat shields
Jul 25
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Wendy Comments: Some of these experiments might have failed. But the monkey-tail-cigar-lighter was a huge scientific advance.
Published 1977
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Tagged with: Angela Carter • Avon Books • devil's dumplings • font problems • giraffe people • jailbird • monkeys • once you see it • Peter Goodfellow • space sheep • starkers • torso • zebras
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