Good Show Sir » beard-wielding http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:45:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Riddle-Master of Hed http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/the-riddle-master-of-hed/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/the-riddle-master-of-hed/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:57:32 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4824 Wizards, well known for their harp riffs.Click for full image

Alessandra Comments: There’s a failure of perspective in the building.  Where exactly is it supposed to be?  Is it falling down?  How big is it? Oh never mind, just keep your eyes on the guy in the bright purple Renaissance fair outfit.
Published 1978

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Alessandra’s Art Direction: I want the main characters looking soulful, or at least sulky.  I want the woman on the left missing her frontal lobes, but balance it out with piles of sausage curls on the woman below.  Give the woman on the right a freakishly small body and no flesh on her arms, no ribcage, in fact no anatomy at all.  Dress them in brightly colored Renaissance fair castoff costumes — don’t forget the purple!  Oh, and put in a horse because you do them so well.  Make its wings as sloppy as you like; we’re going to cover them with the title anyway.
Published 1978

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/to-ride-pegasus/feed/ 12 The Hammer and the Horn http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/the-hammer-and-the-horn/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/the-hammer-and-the-horn/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:20:01 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4633 What I can say, they don't look pretty. But their the best ballet duo we have in the kingdom!Click for full image

MisterBOB Comments: Hammer & Horn – is that gay half nelson?
Published 1985

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/the-hammer-and-the-horn/feed/ 26 French Mega Post http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/07/french-mega-post/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/07/french-mega-post/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:27:17 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4254 I haven’t done a mega post or an honourable mentions in a while so here we go! Here’s a collection of some special French covers sent in by Cedric and Paul. Thanks very much and I hope everyone enjoys them!

Seriously... what?!!?Click for full image

Cedric Comments: Here is a wonderfully psychedelic and disturbing cover. This is before Photoshop, in the late 70s/early 80s.
Published 1977

Shoo! Shoo! We're trying to have an evil picnic here!Click for full MORALLY CORRUPTIBLE image

Cedric Comments: Note the strange animal at the front, confused about whether it should be a polar bear, an unicorn or some kind of big eagle. Or maybe a big confused cat, judging by the claws? And of course you can find a lightly clad lady in the back, requested by the marketing department to boost sales.
Published 1982

Once you get used to the fur everywhere and the feces they're surprisingly good warriors!Click for full image

Cedric Comments: There is something highly disturbing about these little hairy folks.
Published 1990

Eyes, or kiwi's?Click for full image

Paul’s Art Direction: Mutants have eyes. This is an anthology of mutant stories that means lots of eyes in fact so many eyes you could float on them, do it!
Published 1974

Space Sheep censoring doesn't count for ugly nakedness!Click for full image

Paul’s Art Direction: Make everything droopy!
Published 1972

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Anyway, instead I give you a MisterBOB mega post! He’s sent in enough covers to start a book shop so here’s a few to keep your weekend going! Enjoy your holiday weekend!

DAMN this computer! This is not the p0rn I wanted!Click for full image

MisterBob Comments: A spaceman looks out his window and see’s the face of GOD!
Published 1986

Funny.. I remember wanting to do that exact thing to the railway children when having to read it in school.Click for full image

MisterBOB comments: Please, do not show that teenagers can time travel by putting a plastic bag on their head.
Published 1989

It's the punk unicorn!Click for full image

MisterBOB Comments: A Particolored unicorn, so start with where the horn is, as the rest is just a horse…
Published 1987

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Kevin’s Art Direction: Don’t put a red flame ANYWHERE on the cover—that’s too obvious! Instead, put Grizzly Adams into a jumpsuit and have him talking earnestly to a lizard man who’s walking a giant stag beetle through an alien city. Insert sexual tension by hiding the human’s left hand behind the lizard man’s buttocks. Also, hide both bipeds’ right feet from view so people will focus on the fact that the beetle is practically floating.
Published 1986

Many thanks to Kevin!

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Maildun! He had the greatest mullet County Sligo had ever seen.
Published 1985

Happy St Patrick’s day! – Good Show Sir

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/03/celtic-odyssey-the-voyage-of-maildun/feed/ 15 A Trilogy http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/02/a-trilogy/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/02/a-trilogy/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:56:19 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3729 FULL LENGTH! SOLD!Click for full image

MAN WITH BEARD! DOUBLE SOLD!Click for full image

Here at Good Show Sir we do try to stay away from self-published books. We understand people tend not to have a lot of money so they can’t afford an artist to draw a wizard making love to a damsel on top of an electricity breathing dragon. This one however… I think needs to be shown to the world! Glorious!
Published Date Unknown

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/02/a-trilogy/feed/ 8 Herds http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/12/herds/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/12/herds/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:24:41 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3539 And for your coarse hair we recommend disembodiment and fire!Click for full image

John Comments: There isn’t a joke I could make that would trump the description on the back – “The wife of a powerful figure in CA is found brutally murdered in the couple’s lonely mountain retreat.  Wesley Stoneham made certain that all the evidence concerning the murderer of his wife pointed to a nearby hippie community.  He had 3 goals in mind: to get rid of his wife, to drive out the hippie commune, and to enhance his own power in the state.  He was at the point of achieving them all when Garnna, from the peaceful planet of Zartic finally made contact with Debby, a hippie from the commune, who had problems of her own.  Then, Stoneham’s troubles began.” OF COURSE I BOUGHT THIS RIGHT AWAY!
Published 1975

Many thanks to John!

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Art Direction: You know when facial hair becomes so intense it actually takes over your head? Well exactly like that, also with an evil blue guy and a king. Oh and a princess! And a guy with a sword! Ah, just put everything on there within a glorious yellow boarder!
Published 2001

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