Oct 09
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Frank Comments: Cover art by Gino D’Achille. Who I note wasn’t afraid to paint a lady warrior with a bit of convexity where her tummy should be. I approve!
Published 1978

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Tagged with: Ansen Dibell • bladed weapons • capes • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • dude • Gino D'Achille • loincloth • mullet • muscles • shortbow • strange creature
Oct 08
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Nina’s Art Direction: Draw me the story of a ghost…of a woman…in her pants, with a cat, and John Lennon. In a wooden cabin, flying through the sky. Yes, draw THAT ghost story.
Published 1985 (maybe)

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Tagged with: damsel • devil's dumplings • ghosts • Hill House Publishing • Peter Straub • space sheep • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Oct 03
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Ian Comments: Cigar smoking bunny… what more is there to say? If only that knife had a ting!
Published 1991
Maybe breaking our joke onto the genre rule… oh well.

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • beret hat • bikini • bladed weapons • cleavage • Craig Shaw Gardner • daggers • damsel • dude • fedora hat • fire • horns • lava • monsters • once you see it • rabbit people • suits you • trenchcoat • volcano • Walter Velez • WTF
Oct 02
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Scott B’s Art Direction: I know the cover is late, so just give me whatever clip art you have lying around that looks vaguely science-fictional. Guy In Huge Metallic Helmet, brilliant. Old-Timey Person In Armor, Old-Timey Person With Gun, sure, great. Wait, underwear-clad wrestlers, really? You know I’ve warned you about that more than once. Well, I guess we don’t have time to redo it…
Published 1971

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Tagged with: dude • F.L. Wallace • geometric oddities • Groff Conklin • Isaac Asimov • J.T. McIntosh • James H. Schmitz • Kingsley Amis • knights • loincloth • Pyramid Books • Ron Walotsky • WTF
Oct 01
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Don’s Art Direction: I want a seriously bronzed (think gallons of Man-Tan) hero on a gryphonish thing with wings growing out of his butt.
Published 1982

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Tagged with: beast-riding • bladed weapons • bracers • capes • DAW Books • dude • flag • Good Show Sir • horns • Keith Stillwagon • lightning • Lin Carter • long haired men • mighty moustache • muscles • once you see it • planets • pole weapons • shields • spear • strange creature • sword • Ting! • wings • WTF
Sep 28
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Hakan Comments: I picked this up in Picocon 29 in London today. Cost me a grand total of 1. Interestingly this was mainly before the hippy ages so I am not sure what they were smoking.
Published 1967

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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • collage • dude • Fritz Leiber • Hoot von Zitzewitz • knights • muscles • sky-eyes • spear • WTF
Sep 27
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DaveFromGP Comments: As if the creature in the star spangled thong isn’t enough, I find my eyes drawn to the creature at the rear: “What are you gonna do? I’m a giant bat, bitches!”
Published 1983

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Tagged with: aliens • anthropomorphism • boater hat • bow-tie • Don Ivan Punchatz • dude • lizards • mighty moustache • Mike Resnick • monsters • pouch • Signet Books • strange creature • waistcoat • whip it good • WTF
Sep 25
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Vincent’s Art Direction: So here’s what I’m thinking. A man and a woman in a landfill. I want the woman tastefully nude, so have the man covering her naughty bits even though they’re standing about twenty feet apart. Lastly, have an army of giant preying mantises coming over the hill.
Published 1976

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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • cleavage • damsel • dude • giant insects • Jack Woolhiser • jeans and a t-shirt • monsters • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • starkers • strange creature
Sep 24
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Nanoalchemist Comments: The first 49 shades of grey apparently involved space furries. And giant furry based robots. And a bubble helmet, so you know it’s in space.
Published 2010

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • cat people • Chris Moore • damsel • DAW Books • frickin laser beams • gun • Lisanne Norman • robots • space • space suit • strange creature • WTF
Sep 21
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MisterBob Comments: I think a GRYPHON is like a griffin, but hunts ladies of the night?
Published 1989

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Tagged with: Avon Books • damsel • font problems • glowing eyes • Ken Barr • magic • monsters • nonsensical shadows • strange creature • Ting! • Tom Deitz
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