Good Show Sir » axes http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Guardians of the Flame http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/guardians-of-the-flame/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/guardians-of-the-flame/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:07:20 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4187 The Warriors! Coming to a local leisure centre near you!Click for full image

Art Direction: The real question is, what can’t we put on the cover? I want everything, a dragon, a muscle bound man in tights, a wizard and even a dwarf. Oh and the standard 80′s teenager thrown into a world they don’t understand but slowly come to love. All emerging from a fine mist.
Published 1985

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E Comments: The giant soda can in the background is the clincher.
Published 1989

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/05/jason-cosmo/feed/ 20 Stonehenge http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/stonehenge/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/stonehenge/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:56:26 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3357 I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a dwarf!Click for full image

Don Comments: “Helmets with bunny ears will overpower helmets with horns every time.  So sayeth Ason the Incredibly Bored!”
Published 1973

Many thanks to Don!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/stonehenge/feed/ 14 Hrolf Kraki’s Saga http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/08/hrolf-krakis-saga/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/08/hrolf-krakis-saga/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:48:00 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3071 Well that's enough time looking awesome, we should get some lunch.Click for full image

David Comments: I wonder what kind of reception he gets with that helmet.
Published 1973

Half dog, half tree?
Many thanks to David!

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Jessie Comments: This cover is so atrocious that every time I go to read it, I just can’t. It’s definitely among the top three worst covers I’ve ever seen.

Published 1995

That’s is epic. Simply epic! Thanks to Jessie!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/05/daggers-point/feed/ 21 Honourable Mentions 4 http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/04/honourable-mentions-4/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/04/honourable-mentions-4/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:08:40 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=2449 Well it’s reached that time again were here in the UK we are blessed with bank holidays!  So for those like myself who will be relaxing with an extra long weekend, here are some honourable mentions.

These covers break our explicit and hard kept rules, which are enforced with an iron fist. These are part of a franchise (this time of adventure choice novels), but nonetheless each of them sports an excellent cover so I hope you enjoy them.

Also just to say thanks to everyone who has been sending me in covers! We’ll slowly get through them all so keep an eye out and I promise they will appear at some stage.

Have a great weekend for those benefiting from it!

To face the evil rabbit turn to page 8
To run away turn to page 57

Before I kill you could you lift me onto my horse? This armour is pretty heavy.Click for full image

No seriously, green, completely makes you look more menacing.. hahahahahaHA!Click for full image

My robo crotch is exploding!Click for full image

They are the most evil triangle cuff-links I have ever seen.Click for full image

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Holy crap. We need something to distract from that bright silver font we’re using. So, how about a guy with an eye patch posing with weapons and a women doing the very same thing. Put a moon in the background, and by background I mean most of the cover.

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A collection of fantasy stories? Well I know what they’ll want. A huge barbarian with a ponytail swinging his axe at randomly placed wood. Hmm, you’re right, needs thickened out. Throw a stereotype wizard/fireball combination in there and some damsel with a sword.

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