Good Show Sir » Tor Books 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 Wave http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/wave/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/wave/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:00:17 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4695 Water's one weakness... light?AClick for full image

Art Direction: Wave… WAVE!?! Well there you go my boy we have our answer right there. Lets put a huge wave on their with a lighthouse and a helicopter to try and show some size perspective. I’m sure it will be all fine. And it’s day time so lens flare the hell out of that lighthouse. They run during the day right?
Published 2010

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/wave/feed/ 7 The Golden Horn http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/the-golden-horn/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/the-golden-horn/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:42:38 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4554 *German accent* I'm here to cast a spell of heal light wounds... *bass guitar*Click for full image

Tom Noir’s Art Direction:
“Are you sure you’re a licensed massage therapist?”

“Of course dear, now just relax and let me work. Your thighs look very… tense.”
Published 1986

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Mike Comments: Elvis is not dead, he’s a four-armed ghost reptile…IN SPACE!
Published 1995

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MisterBOB Comments: A window on Narnia, where they can wave to you?
Published 1981

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/the-cache/feed/ 18 Space Vulture http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/07/space-vulture/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/07/space-vulture/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:00:50 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4202 Ah ha, best me in combat?!? My eyebrows say otherwise!Click for full image

Mickey Comments: Yeeeaaaah. I’m all that. What else do you need to know?
Published 2008

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Jen Comments: “Sing with me, little one!  ’I-I-I’m a lumberjack and I’m okaaaay…’”
Published 1998

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Christal Comments: Unbeknownst to the author, the night before the cover art was due the artist stayed up all night smoking weed and watching The Mummy and Star Trek IV on an endless loop all night long.
Published 1985

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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: Stevens! We have a problem.  ’Demon Muskrat Vixens,’ just came back from the printers with a picture of some giant cube on the cover.  What happened to that crazy ass piece we originally commissioned for it?!
Published 1993

Many thanks to Tom!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/02/in-the-cube/feed/ 23 Beware the Horse http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/12/beware-the-horse/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/12/beware-the-horse/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:00:41 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3582 I'm sorry about my smell my dear.. no one brought a bucket while we hid in the horse.Click for slightly bigger image

DN’s Art Direction: No cohesion, you hear me? None! And, listen, if there aren’t two guys in a tango-off over Kevin Sorbo’s shoulder on this cover, you’re fired!
Published 1989

Many thanks to DN!

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Greengerg’s Art Direction: Elephants have the natural ability to survive in the vacuum of space. No? Well, draw it that anyway, bub.
Published 1985

Many thanks to Greengerg!

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