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 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
Sep 25
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Vincent’s Art Direction: So here’s what I’m thinking. A man and a woman in a landfill. I want the woman tastefully nude, so have the man covering her naughty bits even though they’re standing about twenty feet apart. Lastly, have an army of giant preying mantises coming over the hill.
Published 1976
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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • cleavage • damsel • dude • giant insects • Jack Woolhiser • jeans and a t-shirt • monsters • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • starkers • strange creature
Sep 24
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Nanoalchemist Comments: The first 49 shades of grey apparently involved space furries. And giant furry based robots. And a bubble helmet, so you know it’s in space.
Published 2010
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • cat people • Chris Moore • damsel • DAW Books • frickin laser beams • gun • Lisanne Norman • robots • space • space suit • strange creature • WTF
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