Nov 21
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Tom Noir Comments: It’s the little details that separate the good artists from the bad. For instance, notice the bit of man-bun sticking out from under this fellow’s fuzzy tutu. GENIUS!
Published 1984

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Tagged with: Crown Publishers • damsel • dude • forest • fungi • furs • George Zebrowski • hunkbutt • Isaac Asimov • loincloth • long haired men • male skirts • Michael Booth • mighty moustache • monsters • Murray Leinster • pole weapons • spear • spider • starkers • strange creature • Ting! • WTF
Nov 17
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Jon’s Art Direction: Oh, just pick some stuff from the clipart. It’s about a time machine, so make sure you put a clock in there!
Published 1965

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Tagged with: damsel • dinosaur • dunk • Keith Laumer • Pocket Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Nov 16
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Alessandra’s Art Direction:It’s short fiction by some of the best, most respected science fiction authors in the field. So I want… A Viking with a bottom for a face! Riding the world’s most exhausted-looking dinosaur horse! With its tongue hanging out! Through a Dali-esque landscape out of the Old West! And give the Viking kind of … Samurai armor!
Published 1976

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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • beast-riding • Bob Fowke • dude • Eric Frank Russell • FaceBoob.com • Frederik Pohl • Fredric Brown • Good Show Sir • horns • Isaac Asimov • J.G. Ballard • J.T. McIntosh • Jack Finney • Kurt Vonnegut • mountains • Penguin Science Fiction • polymastia • strange creature • Theodore Sturgeon • Tom Boardman • waistcoat • wilderness • WTF
Nov 15
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Joachim’s Art Direction: I want an Indian hanging out in a boat with a yellow-thonged alien with a head drawn by a 4 year-old…
Published 1977

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Tagged with: aliens • anthropomorphism • DAW Books • dude • loincloth • monsters • native american • Richard Hescox • strange creature • William L. Chester
Nov 14
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Art Direction: How long are legs supposed to be? I’d say keep them on the long side of things. Don’t be afraid to get boob in their too. Just one boob though, two I believe would be considered excessive next to a half naked hunky man with only a bit of leather and cloth to cover his modesty.
Published 1982

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • Fleuve Noir Books • G. Morris • loincloth • muscles • space sheep • starkers • Unknown Artist Institute
Nov 10
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Tam W’s Art Direction: This is a great work of fantasy, so naturally we want it to look as retro, cliched and formulaic as possible. I’m talking men in tights! If you do decide to depict a wizard turning into a bird, don’t forget to catch him in the act. And make it man-sized, never mind what the novel says!
Published 1975

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Tagged with: bird people • capes • David Smee • dude • font problems • glow • magic • Puffin Books • strange creature • Ursula K. Le Guin • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Nov 09
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Scott B’s Art DIrection: This cover should have an infinitude of nude plastic women with RAF eyes. Because I said so.
Published 1971

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Douglas R. Mason • dude • strange creature • Wilson McLean • WTF
Nov 07
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: One Word – Cat People… ok… so two words!But one cat alien wearing the latest outer space fashions!
Published 1990

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Tagged with: Ace Books • anthropomorphism • cat people • Dennis Schmidt • Good Show Sir • Jill Bauman • planets • space • The Questioner Trilogy
Nov 04
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Man of the Mountian’s Art Direction:So, the story is about a girl trapped in the middle of the black death in midevial England, while everyone back in her time are dying of a flu epidemic. Give us a nice upbeat cover, otherwise nobody is going to buy this!
Published 1993

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Tagged with: bad science • Bantam Books • Connie Willis • damsel • dude • headband • horses • horses with hairstyles • once you see it • Roger Kastel • SCIENCE! • shuriken of approval • Ting!
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