Good Show Sir » merlin 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 Honourable Mentions 8 http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/honourable-mentions-8/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/honourable-mentions-8/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:57:30 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4362 Well today is a bank holiday and I completely forgot about it. Almost got up to go to work! Almost…

So for all your enjoyment here is a few covers that I believe make the Honourable Mentions standard! Have a good holiday for those who remembered!

No! I said lets go get tanked... not lets go make ourselves some tank hats that we can't see out of!Click for full image

DarkZlorf Comments: I’m sure I left my tank parked around here?
Published 1979

I'm going to use my magic globe to see how the battle is going, instead of turning around.Click for full image

Completely stolen from the wonderful Awful Library Books, but because the top left is clearly a copy of Keith Parkinson’s Dragons of War, I thought it too good not to mention! Thanks to John for letting me know about it!

Paper Dolls... more manly than just dolls. Or at least, that's what I told myself.Click for full image

So I found this is in a touristy shop in the wonderful San Diego… paper dolls… what’s with that? Anyway, I had hours of fun recreating all my covers that day!
Published 2010

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/honourable-mentions-8/feed/ 10 Merlin’s Godson http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/09/merlins-godson/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/09/merlins-godson/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:00:46 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3152 For the love of god could someone please get this bird off my head!?!Click for full image

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!

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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: Okay, this is a Celtic fantasy, so obviously we want a buff surfer dude who is spaced out of his gourd.  What?  I dunno, put him in a kilt or something.  You figure it out, that’s what you’re paid for isn’t it?  Anyhow, magic it up.  Slap a shiny silver border on with the author’s name in a clashing red font to distract suspicious readers.  Anyhoo, I gotta jet, it’s 4:20.
Published 1993

Many thanks to Tom!

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Everyone is into wizards these days. Your friends, that strange shopkeeper next door who just stares at you, even your mother! Sorry… but who wouldn’t appreciate a mullet wielding wizard with a sexy open ripped shirt, kneeling next to a dragon in the midst of a spell? Teenagers? Well… mmm… uh… uh oh.

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Magical orb, merlin apparition, surprised expression, terrible haircuts, horrific blue robe, cheesy green and gold crest, nerd throne, chains leading to nowhere, potions, books…. huh? Oh I’m just saying random words… think you could get it all in there?

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