Good Show Sir

Mar 02

MisterBob Comments: One for the ladies?
Published 1995

(Average: 7.67 out of 10)

Tagged with: Avonova Books • bladed weapons • Cats! • Donato Giancola • dude • long haired men • magic • mist • muscles • Sharon Green • sixpack abs • strange creature • tasteful smoke

Mar 01

Balzan of the Cat People

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Looks like Balzan forgot his glasses again. OYE BALZAN! They're behind you! Click for slightly bigger picture

Now showing in IMAX

Alessandra Comments: The cover isn’t really awful, although it is pretty behind the curve for 1975. What got me was the hideous font lightning effect, the confusing typography (the title is actually “The Blood Stones”), and the extreme genericness of the cover — oh, and the Conan-gets-a-mullet hairdo.
Published 1975

(Average: 6.92 out of 10)

Tagged with: bladed weapons • cat people • dude • font problems • Gerard F. Conway • male skirts • mullet • muscles • Pinnacle Books • Tar-sham • Unknown Artist Institute • Wallace Moore

Feb 20

The Patchwork Girl

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What happens when your space chest shaver... goes bad!! Click for full image

Diggler’s Art Direction: What we need is a man in a hot tub doing some New Wave Impressionistic dance moves for his girlfriend on the video phone. Meanwhile we’ll have him being squirted by red dye for artistic effect… What do you think?
Published 1982

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: damsel • dude • jazz hands • Larry Niven • lens flare • muscles • once you see it • Orbit Books • Peter Jones • space • starkers • Ting! • WTF

Feb 13

Agent of Chaos

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Wow.. that cloak is pretty... uh.. manly. Click for full image

Diggler Comments: Nothing says Agent of Chaos better than Ming The Merciless, dressed in a naked man print gown playing with marbles.
Published 1970

(Average: 8.09 out of 10)

Tagged with: Belmont Books • cloaks • dude • let's shoot hoops! • mighty moustache • muscles • Norman Spinrad • planets • space • Tim O'Brien • WTF

Jan 30

The Endless Knot

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Darling... did you set the wedding guests on fire again? Click for full image

Tom Noir’s Art Direction: Now look Horne, you’re a good artist, but you’ve got a thing or two to learn. See, this cover of yours, it’s just not realistic. Does this guy look like he just walked out of an explosion? No. He still has body hair. The fire would have burned it all off! Take this back and I don’t want to see it again until it looks like he’s fresh from a wax job.
Published 1994

(Average: 7.46 out of 10)

Tagged with: Avonova Books • casually walking away from an explosion • damsel • Daniel Horne • dude • font problems • muscles • scrolls • shiny • Song of Albion series • Stephen R. Lawhead

Jan 24

Hot Sleep

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My choice of weapons eh? I choose this sword, and this naked women! On guard! Click for full NON-HUMMINGBIRD WHALED image

Corey Comments: A naked woman on fire. Thanks Orson Scott Card.
Published 1979

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baronet Books • bladed weapons • capes • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • Gray Morrow • gun • muscles • Orson Scott Card • planets • space • space sheep • space ships

Jan 12

The Long Twilight

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HA! Look guys I touched his nipple while falling to my death!! Click for full image

Jaouad Comments: HULK ANGRY!!!! HULK THROW ALL HIS ACTION FIGURES ACROSS ROOM!!!
Published 2007

(Average: 8.04 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • bladed weapons • Cats! • David Mattingly • dude • giant • glowing eyes • Keith Laumer • little people • monsters • muscles • once you see it • orson • strange creature • sword • weird pecs

Jan 11

A Billion Days Of Earth

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With these Monty Python feet I am King...KIIIINNNG!! Click for full image

MisterBOB Comments: Happy New Year … said the Rat?
Published 1978

(Average: 8.64 out of 10)

Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Dobson Books • Doris Piserchia • giant feet • Good Show Sir • muscles • rat people • rodents • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Jan 05

Space Cops – High Moon

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Michelle Comments: I suspect the figure in the lower half of the cover found their armor just wasn’t enough to protect them from the title pun. Look at the poor spaceman, crushed by the agony! This is a follow-up to Matt’s submission of SpaceCops: Kill Station. I thought maybe you all hadn’t suffered enough, and another one from the series just came into the shop. Enjoy?
Published 1992

(Average: 6.41 out of 10)

Tagged with: Avonova Books • Diane Duane • Dorian Vallejo • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • mist • muscles • Peter Morwood • space suit

Dec 21

Hungarian Mega Post 2

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Well it has come to that time of year again when we at Good Show Sir need to take a break to steal Christmas presents from children, eat an insane amount of other peoples food and of course, get stinking drunk and rant about book covers!

Not to worry though, we’ll be back first thing in the new year with a round up of the best of 2011’s covers!

Here we have some fantastic Hungarian covers sent in by Gabor and River, about 9 months ago! I appologise for keeping them hidden for so long but here they are, all six of them!

Have a great holiday! And again thanks to everyone who visits the site and all the specials ones who leave comments which brighten our days with witty banter!

It's the new family holiday destination, space worm holes. Click for full image