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GK Comments: Room for another unicorn somewhere?
Published 2010

(Average: 5.97 out of 10)

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Alessandra’s Art Direction: I want a couple of giant kids, way too big for the architecture they’re in. I want the architecture to be real crazy, too, to make no sense in terms of scale or perspective or anything. Make the kids skinny, but make their heads real big and make sure the girl has lots of eye makeup and styling mousse. Dress ‘em in brightly-colored vaguely medievalish clothes like you see on Robin Hood on TV, or at Medieval Times or something.
Published 1995

(Average: 5.03 out of 10)

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Claire’s Art Direction: Hum, riders on the wind.  Well obviously lots of wind in a pretty colour, and a rider – I know, a naked chick with body tats.  Throw in some standard fantasy stuff, like a castle and a wizard dude et voila!
Published 1988

(Average: 6.05 out of 10)

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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

(Average: 5.21 out of 10)

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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

(Average: 6.88 out of 10)

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Matt’s Art Direction: Fabric! I want to see lots of fabric. And hands, lots of dramatically posed hands. And least one bare breast, only you’ll have to conceal the nipple with something. How about a cross?
Published 1994

(Average: 7.23 out of 10)

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It’s that time of the year again where people might just get a longer weekend! And that usually means an honourable mentions but unfortunately I have been pretty ill this week and have been sitting with some soup while watching TV and reading a few books!

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!

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

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

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

(Average: 8.06 out of 10)

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Tim Comments: Hot babe fairy queen, standing on slime-mold covered stairway to nowhere. Add in super-wussy fairy dude, you gotta feel for him, they put him in quite possibly the worst costume of all time. And the photo doesn’t do justice to the garishness of the blue background and orange border. And of course lots of different fonts.
Published 1985

Many thanks to Tim!

(Average: 7.18 out of 10)

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Kristen Comments: Sorry about the poor quality of the shot…in any case, it looks like the designer decided to throw something from EVERY short story in this collection onto the cover. At least I hope so, because if there were also armed dinosaurs, fighter jets, and authors working on home computers on board the Titanic, history books have been holding out on us.
Published 1988

Wow!
Many thanks to Kristen!

(Average: 8.88 out of 10)

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Jen Comments: This photo doesn’t really do justice to just how wrinkled the man is.  But hey, it’s Merlin (I think).  He can wear a Godawful headdress and stand in the middle of the ocean if he wants to.
Published 1979

Many thanks to Jen!

(Average: 7.76 out of 10)

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