Dec 13
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Phil’s Art Direction: To be honest with you, I’m not convinced he’s golden enough. Make the whites of his eyes golden as well, would you please? And a few wires attached randomly to the face will convey the science fictional nature of the book.
Published 1983

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Tagged with: computers • dude • Magnum Books • Methuen Books • Philip K. Dick • Richard Sparks • space • space ship
Dec 12
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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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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • damsel • Daniel Da Cruz • dude • H.R. Van Dongen • strange creature • WTF
Dec 09
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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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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • capes • Cats! • damsel • dude • floating head • giraffes • Jerome Podwil • leopard • monkeys • moon • planets • Pocket Books • space • starkers • strange creature • sun • Ting! • zebras
Dec 08
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Jaouad’s Art Direction: Ok, this book is about a brain in a jar, so we’ll have a big glowing brain in a jar. With some wires and electrical discharges please, so the audience knows it’s Science. And give it evil eyesockets while you’re at it. An infinity parking lot in the background. A scientist chap. Oh, and a girl, of course. A girl in a frilly dress. With cleavage. And nailpolish.
Published 1950

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • cleavage • Curt Siodmak • damsel • dude • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Dec 07
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Art Direction: A lizard… with a codpiece… fighting in World War 2 may seem like a crazy idea. But just put him in a work out vest and give him a laser gun. It will all work itself out!
Published 1995

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • frickin laser beams • Harry Turtledove • lizard people • lizards • New English Library • Unknown Artist Institute • war
Dec 06
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Tom Noir Comments: This author has a whole series of covers involving people making out above spaceships. Jokes about her “wormhole” are left as an exercise for the reader.
Published 2008
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Tagged with: Bantam Books • damsel • dude • frickin laser beams • Linnea Sinclair • space • space ships • Stephen Youll
Dec 05
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Adam’s Art Direction: I said make the eyes BIGGER! They need to look like he’s got a magnifying glass in front of his face at all times!
Published 1988

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Tagged with: C.J. Mills • cloaks • dude • eye-yi-yi • frickin laser beams • gun • Pageant Books • Tim Hildebrandt
Dec 02
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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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Tagged with: beast-riding • cleavage • damsel • flying • Pocket Books • Somtow Suchartikul • strange creature • Timescape Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Dec 01
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Alessandra Comments: Can’t quite decide if it’s a brilliant absurdist collage or a goofball collection of oddments. Egg cartons over the breasts? Seriously? And bags of candy on the shoulders and RAF wings over the head and… Yeah, goofball collection of oddments.
Published 2011

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Tagged with: damsel • font problems • Margaret Atwood • Nan A. Talese Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Nov 30
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ash966 Comments: Why, hello there, giant-brain-eyeball-octopus-bat-guy! And what’s behind your head? It’s not the moon, because it doesn’t go all the way around. An enormous cantaloupe, perhaps?
Published 1976

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Tagged with: C M Kornbluth • daemons • evil children • exposed brain • eye-yi-yi • Frederik Pohl • Gary Viskupic • glow • jeans and a t-shirt • monsters • monstrous humanoid • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • tentacles • wings • WTF
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