Good Show Sir

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The Tim’s Art Direction: Give me a dude in front of a pyramid with some spikey armor.  No, more spikes.  More.  Still not enough spikes.  More spikes!  More!
Published 1991

(Average: 4.11 out of 10)

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Scott B Comments: Sure the cross-eyed owl and cherry-shaking duo being eaten by a giant flower seems bizarre, but the back cover explains that it’s a Bosch painting (so intellectual!) and it’s a better portrayal of the author’s work than any modern artist could make (so they don’t have to pay anybody for a cover!). The back cover also DARES YOU (in type so large they can’t fit a four-letter word on there) to, I don’t know, have acid flashbacks or something.  Not that you should do that!  But read this book, because the author did that.  Or something.
Published 1958

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(Average: 8.09 out of 10)

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Cyril’s Art Direction: It’s French? What better than a couple of naked broads?
Published 1968

(Average: 7.21 out of 10)

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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

(Average: 5.59 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Look this has to stand out from the rest. But how…. ummm… put a magic sea shell with stars of the universe in it. Have a disinterested man staring at it… and a blue women who is already so bored she’s fallen asleep.
Published 1993

(Average: 5.46 out of 10)

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Frank Comments:  I just thought it was cute because it was another Campbell Award nomination and the artist put a nude girl on the cover, even if it was tasteful back-side nudity.
Published 1995

(Average: 3.85 out of 10)

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Jami Comments: I’ll just let everyone else make their own captions for Space Fabio. You know, lingerie in space doesn’t seem practical.
Published 1995

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(Average: 7.61 out of 10)

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Alessandra Comments: This is one of those subtly wrong covers.  What’s up with the faces?  And looking closer, the anatomy. His eyes are oddly round and oddly placed, a little too close together and a little too skewed to our right. Her right eye (on our left) is too low, giving her an odd one-eyed (or in the right light, three-eyed) look.  Not a cover that screams its wrongness, but still eye-watering when you look closely.
Published 1983

(Average: 5.58 out of 10)

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GK Comments: Alternate ending to The Lion King.
Published 1978

(Average: 7.63 out of 10)

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Libraryman Comments: I just don’t understand what good those wings will be.
Published 1984

(Average: 5.79 out of 10)

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