Good Show Sir » shoulder pads 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 Hungarian Mega Post 2 http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/hungarian-mega-post-2/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/hungarian-mega-post-2/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:33:17 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4704 Well it has come to that time of year again when we at Good Show Sir need to take a break to steal Christmas presents from children, eat an insane amount of other peoples food and of course, get stinking drunk and rant about book covers!

Not to worry though, we’ll be back first thing in the new year with a round up of the best of 2011′s covers!

Here we have some fantastic Hungarian covers sent in by Gabor and River, about 9 months ago! I appologise for keeping them hidden for so long but here they are, all six of them!

Have a great holiday! And again thanks to everyone who visits the site and all the specials ones who leave comments which brighten our days with witty banter!

It's the new family holiday destination, space worm holes.Click for full image

Nothing makes an action hero more epic.. than a ferret on his knee!Click for full image

Looks like I picked the right time to bring this phallic shaped weapon!Click for full image

It was our first date and well... I learned we should have just gone for coffee.Click for full image

Marbles in space just isn't the same when you are playing by yourself.Click for full image

That digital world looks a bit... nippy...Click for full image

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/hungarian-mega-post-2/feed/ 28 Web of the Witch World http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/web-of-the-witch-world/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/web-of-the-witch-world/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:38:35 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4349 Whatever happened to the shoulder pad... It used to be sci-fi's champion!Click for full image

Art Direction: We’ll have some guy looking like he’s in a furtistic space disco being attacked by a giant man with a glowing forehead. Why, you ask? Well, we all know psychic powers are clearly symbolised by a lens flare. Just like every sword is reflecting a magical light from somewhere making it go… TING!
Published 1983

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/web-of-the-witch-world/feed/ 15 Young Miles http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/11/young-miles/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/11/young-miles/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:58:25 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3421 Scary uncle, still ruins every photo.Click for full image

Nix Comments: You may recognise some aspects of this cover. The huge glowy face on the left? That, I think, is Tung: I suspect Miles is the other glowy face. In the book, Tung’s never described as having any kind of moustache, and it would fit poorly inside a combat helmet, but hey, Eurasians all look like Ming the Merciless, right? Right?
Published 1997

You might remember me from such covers as The Vor Game.
Many thanks to Nix!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/11/young-miles/feed/ 21 The Vor Game http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/04/the-vor-game/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/04/the-vor-game/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:52:42 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=2363 I hate these family photos, there's always the scary uncle in the corner.Click for full image

I love the realism, so we’ll defiantly have to get that on there. In fact I think we should tone it down a little. We’ll keep it simple so it’s not too bad (and almost like it’s creeping up on its prey) then WHAM! We’ll hit them with a gold black red title banner!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/04/the-vor-game/feed/ 11 Old Year Sum Up http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/old-year-sum-up/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/old-year-sum-up/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:11 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=1640 Happy New Year!

So, just wanted to do a little sum up of a few of the best covers we have posted and some personal favourites of the Good Show Sir staff. Just kidding, we don’t have staff, more like some sort of trained animal that has been taught how to sit correctly and not bite the children.

First, just a couple of thanks.   To JustinLeego who faithfully does all the tags for the covers, finds out who the artist is and corrects any spelling/grammer errors I make about six hours after I post it.  And to CSA, who endured an entire afternoon with me searching through the shelves of three second hand book shops over Christmas. We have quite the collection of covers to add to the site!

And thanks again to those who visit us here. We love to hear from anyone who comes along, so feel free to comment and you will be welcomed with sarcastic undertones!

One of our favourite covers:

Man I am so wasted right now... there is no rope.Click for orginal post

Another favourite:

God damn it, that T-Rex has got him another knight!Click for orginal post

Personal Favourite:

Stop playing with fireworks Tim and bloody shoot someone!Click for orginal post

Most under-rated cover, as voted for by CSA:

Blad women acceptable. And I can stand a man with four arms. But green fur!? Take this deamon! ah HA!Click for orginal post

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/old-year-sum-up/feed/ 3 Winning Colours http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/12/winning-colours/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/12/winning-colours/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:16:59 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=1598 What was that noise? Ah, probably just the wind.Click for full image

Really… winning? Green? With a gold photoshop glow? Really? Well best add an exploding space ship in there too. Oh and some babe in a space suit completely ignoring the explosion. Hopefully that will distract from our winning colour.

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/12/winning-colours/feed/ 15 Slanted Jack http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/09/slanted-jack/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/09/slanted-jack/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:14:49 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=963 I'm not talking to you. Your shoulder pads are better than mine.Click for full image

So I climbed over the mountain peak and made my way through the snow storm.  I was close to death and feared I may never see another living soul again.  Then I stumbled on the temple, and the great master. There he leaned forward from his mediation. Placing a single flower petal in my hand he whispered, ‘shoulder pads’.  It changed my life.

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/09/slanted-jack/feed/ 13 Overthrowing Heaven http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/09/overthrowing-heaven/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/09/overthrowing-heaven/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:05:41 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=955 I can't attack that! Her hair is so 80's!Click for full image

In my life time, I’ve seen dragons vs lasers, dragons vs swords, even dragons vs man-tigers. Where haven’t we gone you ask? Well my dear friend, let me but whisper these words into your ear and pray they don’t start to bleed with pleasure. Dragons vs Concordes! That’s right, with shoulder pads and eighties hair cuts!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/09/overthrowing-heaven/feed/ 9 Easter Spawn http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/04/easter-spawn/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/04/easter-spawn/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:49:33 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=155 Holy Mother of God... that is a horrible sweat band Tim!Click for full image

Shoulder pads, parachuter’s with lugers, Nazi’s fighting villagers, lens flare oh lots of lens flare which obviously symbolises magic, leather, sweat bands, …. did I mention shoulder pads?

(Have a great easter weekend! This bends our rules seeing as it is part of a franchise, but come on this one is so worth it! Enjoy!)

Thanks so much to CSA!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/04/easter-spawn/feed/ 4 Wheel of time http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/03/wheel-of-time/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/03/wheel-of-time/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:24:30 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=98 You're a white witch... I'm a black samurai.. opposites attract...right?

Horses. Three horses to be exact! Well, lets put a generic ranger on one of them, but I was thinking of something different for the others…. Oh! A female sorcerer and a huge black samurai! Man, this is going to be a bestseller!

Thanks to CSA!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/03/wheel-of-time/feed/ 8