May 02
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: So I was drunk in this art gallery and this old wise man turns to me and says, “You know… the frame is probably worth more than the picture!” I was just like, “DUDE, you’ve just blown my mind.” Frames are expensive… we’ll make a fake one… I have an epic border to include. It’ll really round things off… I swear!
Published 1993

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Tagged with: architectural framing • Chaos Gate Series • damsel • glow • glowing eyes • HarperCollins Books • Louise Cooper • monsters • moon • snake • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute
Apr 30
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Frank Comments: The cover picture makes me think of folks bringing knives to a gun fight, but isn’t exactly a situation from the story, although you can see the characters there: the antagonist, the girl, the adventurer, and some of the nameless drug addicts who do the antagonist’s dirty work.
Published 1971

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Tagged with: A. Merritt • Avon Books • bladed weapons • cleavage • damsel • dude • fire • gun • muscles • planets • spear • sword • Unknown Artist Institute
Apr 29
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Bibliomancer Comments: Thrilling science-fiction … [if you love space cats] …
Published 1962

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Tagged with: Ace Books • Alex Schomburg • Andre Norton • bird • cat people • Cats! • Good Show Sir • lightning • magic • magical orbs • male skirts • rocket • space ships • spiral • strange creature
Apr 25
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Sarah J Comments: Zombie squirrel head people, plus inflatable attention getting thing, hang out at Sarnath: Bokrug the detestable water lizard looks on.
Published 1971

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Bokrug the Water Lizard • castle • font problems • Gervasio Gallardo • H.P. Lovecraft • landscape face • lizards • moon • omnibus • skulls a-poppin' • strange creature • wraparound cover • WTF
Apr 24
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Tom H writes: The manuscript Brunner submitted was called The Dermatologists of Yech!, but Ace felt it sounded too much like another of his titles.
Published 1972
Thanks Tom!

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Tagged with: Ace Books • balls • font problems • John Brunner • Josh Kirby • non-papillial person • planets • WTF
Apr 23
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Tom Noir Comments: The dame walked into my office wearing nothing but a pair of high heels and a V2 rocket. The expression on her face said she was about to go ballistic.
Published 1990

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • booties • casually walking away from an explosion • cleavage • damsel • explosion • fire • Haircut 100 • Jeff Easley • Jefferson P. Swycaffer • robots • ruffles • shiny • shoulder-mounted gun • TSR Books
Apr 22
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: How short can you make a man skirt? Well it better just about cover the essentials because I’m sure that’s how a legionnaire went into battle against armoured wizards with comic book red eyes peering out from their helmets.
Published 1988

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Tagged with: capes • dude • electricity • font problems • Harry Turtledove • Legend Books • magic • male skirts • muscles • sword • Unknown Artist Institute
Apr 19
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Jon L’s Art Direction: I want mountains! Mouths! Bad breath in the form of clouds! I’m talking The Emerald City on top of a giant screaming insect hillside chomping on the landscape! With lazer beam eyes! You know – sci-fi!
Published 1970

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Tagged with: abstraction • Bob Haberfield • call 555-orthodontic-emergency • clouds • frickin laser beams • Mayflower Books • Michael Moorcock • mist • WTF
Apr 18
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Jon H Comments: This one caught me off guard, I thought it was just your typical WW 2 book, maybe a little on the Sgt Rock side of reality but then I noticed the monkey and realized it said WW3. Well…I still don’t understand what the monkey is doing. I’m guess it is a part of some para-military group. “If you need help, and you can find them, maybe you can hire…ooh ooh ah ah AH AAAH!!”
Published 1976

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Tagged with: ape • Avon Books • bladed weapons • blood • Bruce Minney • daggers • dude • explosion • fire • grenades • gun • John Stanley • monkeys • racism • strange creature • utility belt • war
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