Jul 01
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Erica’s Art Direction: Weird sea horse creature. Check. Scary-looking sword. Check. Hot warrior woman. Check. Leather Vest. Check. Pants. Uh, what? You wanted me to draw pants?
Published 2005

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Tagged with: Ace Books • beast-riding • bladed weapons • damsel • font problems • Glenda Larke • magic • merhorse • monsters • proportional issues • Scott Grimando • strange creature • sword • Ting!
Jun 28
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Bibliomancer Comments: OK its six of us and five of them. Let’s flip a coin to see who doesn’t get dinner!
Published 1971

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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • helicopters • jumpsuit • monsters • Robert A. Heinlein • ships • space ships • Steele Savage • strange creature
Jun 27
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: KITTY! KITTY! Get off my keyboard! If you don’t get off this instant you are going on that cover in hell we’re getting done. Cause that’s where you belong… RIGHT! You’re going on… you are going on there… with Genghis Khan… in hell! That will teach you.
Published 1989
Many thanks to A. Waltz for tweeting this in!

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Tagged with: Baen Books • beard-wielding • capes • Cats! • clouds • daemons • David Drake • David Mattingly • dragon • dude • face • face tree • fantastical rock star • flag • gun • head on a plate • Heroes in Hell series • horns • Janet Morris • male skirts • monsters • obvious subtitle • once you see it • orson • rifle • shields • skeletons • strange creature • sword • utility belt
Jun 26
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Frank Comments: I wonder about that change in skin colour at the shoulders, I seem to remember from the story that the green people were green all over.
Published 1950
You might remember Perelandra from here!

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Tagged with: Avon Books • C.S. Lewis • cleavage • damsel • dude • modesty-preserving hair • muscles • pole weapons • spear • starkers • tasteful smoke • Unknown Artist Institute
Jun 25
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Tom Noir Comments: As the Good Book sayeth, there is a time for dragons and a time for laser-wielding cybernetic space dragons.
Published 1989

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Tagged with: Ace Books • Denis Beauvais • dinosaur • dragon • font problems • frickin laser beams • Gary Gentile • strange creature
Jun 21
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Good Show Sir Comments: Ensign… go get a giant fridge… chilled space brain is on tonights menu!
Published 1974
Many thanks to Robert Van N for sending this in!

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Tagged with: Brian W. Aldiss • Corgi Books • font problems • planets • space brain • space ships • Unknown Artist Institute
Jun 20
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John C Comments: Yes, I think we have it in a size 12 in puce, let me just check out the back sir.
Published 1980

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Tagged with: alien city • cloaks • Larry Niven • moon • muscles • Orbit Books • Peter Andrew Jones • proportional issues • robes • shoulder pads
Jun 19
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DPN Comments: This one of sort of popped out at me!
Uncertain publication date (circa 1996?)

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Tagged with: Dennis Nolan • dude • evil children • fire • font problems • magic • muscles • once you see it • Orson Scott Card
Jun 18
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: OH NO! I forgot all about that bloody book cover… crap it’s due tomorrow. Oh man… WAIT… is your son still in that drama club? Great! We’ll head over, get some props, slap a wig on a skeleton and take a picture. It’s better than nothing… right?
Published 1973

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Tagged with: Good Show Sir • Haircut 100 • New English Library • Robert A. Heinlein • skeletons • skulls a-poppin' • tasteful smoke • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jun 14
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Stephen Comments: A badly drawn Kevin Keegan with a unicorn’s head on his shield!! A UNICORN’S HEAD! ON KEVIN KEEGAN’S MAGIC SHIELD!Marvellous.
Published 1975

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Tagged with: ape • ax-wielding • capes • dude • Fox (artist) • male skirts • mighty moustache • once you see it • Roger Zelazny • shields • Sphere Books • staff • Unicorns!
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