Good Show Sir » strange animals 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 Double Illusion http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/double-illusion/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/double-illusion/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:46:45 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4786 ...Click for full image

MisterBob Comments: When i said a blindfold monkey could do the art, I didn’t mean…
Published 1970

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/double-illusion/feed/ 12 The Illuminatus! Trilogy http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/the-illuminatus-trilogy/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/the-illuminatus-trilogy/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:00:57 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4765 The new series of Battlestar Flipper is so swweeeeeet.Click for full image

Andrew’s Art Direction: Okay, so here’s my idea.  Fonts.  This is a terribly confusing trilogy of books and we want the readers to know it.  So I want no less than 2 font types and 4 font sizes. The artwork?  Well it technically falls under sci-fi, so make sure there is a star-scape on there.  People will like that.  Then slap on just enough plot material to make the readers confused about what they are picking up. I smell an epic win with this one!
Published 1998

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Jaouad Comments: HULK ANGRY!!!! HULK THROW ALL HIS ACTION FIGURES ACROSS ROOM!!!
Published 2007

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MisterBOB Comments: Happy New Year … said the Rat?
Published 1978

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Well another year is here, I am just about over my hang over and of course back in work! So it’s time to start again and see what exciting covers we can find to brighten our days. Last year didn’t see a cover which had the power to beat, I Sing the Body Electric. But maybe this year… maybe…

Thanks to everyone who has sent in covers and comments! You all bring such entertainment to our lives. And of course thank you to all those amazing publishers, without you and your art direction where would Good Show Sir be?

Last year was very exciting now that I think about it. And my quest for terrible Sci-Fi/fantasy book covers also led to the best conversation ever in a second hand book store.

Shop Assistant: Wow.. that cover is so bad!!!
Me: Yeah isn’t it? That’s kinda why I am buying it actually.
Shop Assistant: Really? Awesome. You should start some sort of website to show covers like these.
Me: I have…
Shop Assistant: ……
And nothing more was said. Here is the book I bought.

The top rated cover of the year:

Bum chins are well known for invading the rest of your face.Click for original post

A Personal Favourite:

The dangers of eating radioactive fish.Click for original post

CSA Chooses dragon crotch!

Carry On films did get a bit... odd...Click for original post

And of course, how could we not mention the cover that started a censoring legend:

I know space ships don't need to be aerodynamic but...Click for original post

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/old-year-sum-up-2011/feed/ 6 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 The Night the Heads Came http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/the-night-the-heads-came/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/the-night-the-heads-came/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:45:16 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4687 Having a tentacle for an arm makes things more... sticky.Click for full image

Alessandra Comments: Not, despite all appearances, a parody.  It’s a young adult story with paranoid overtones, but as far as Puffin is concerned it’s the Attack of the Stuffed Olive Aliens.
Published 1998

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Colette’s Art Direction: I want a colony of giant lavender termites- all with the same goofy facial expression- dragging an extremely khaki couple into their underground nest. Try and make the tunnel seem as reminiscent of a human colon as possible, as subtle subliminal foreshadowing of where a large purple ovipositor may soon find itself.
Published 1980

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Jami Comments: Me giant floating head and shoulders of Demolished Man. Me crush tiny stereotypical Hammer film type female vampire and tiny floating head version of me. Then me play with all the pretty animals and the tiny naked women. Tiny clothed men can get moon dust out of my giant ear. Me have glowy thing above knuckle. Me love glowy thing.
Published 1978

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Scott Comments: Elven stripper riding a giant flying owl-cat steed!  Or, tiny Elven stripper riding a normal-sized owl-cat steed?  Either way, that’s one terrifying/terrified owl-cat.
Published 1983

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