May 26
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Scot’s Art Direction: For this one we’re going dystopian agony. So, nuclear explosion! And a prison wall with people falling from it to their deaths, but get this, the wall is also a screaming face! With an eyeball being stabbed by a needle! That’s the stuff.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: Christopher Priest • eye-yi-yi • Pan Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
May 25
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Danielle’s Art Direction: Draw a masquerade party on Mars, but don’t draw too many Martians in it. It’ll speak to the commonality between us and Martians. Why are you laughing?
Published 1979

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Tagged with: alien city • aliens • Bantam Books • Ian Miller • masks • muscles • once you see it • Ray Bradbury
May 24
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Adam Comments: Odd looking cat woman in a pink leotard wielding a power drill – check!Hunky blonde hero-type – check!Robot that shoots NyQuil capsules from it’s fingers – check!
Published 1985

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • cat people • Don Maltz • dude • frickin laser beams • muscles • once you see it • pew pew pew • Quester Books • Richard Meyers • robots • tattoo you
May 23
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Joachim Comments: A boy with a weird pseudo-beard in turtleneck gyroscoping in space…
Published 1980

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • evil children • Gertrude Freidberg • Ron Discenza • space • WTF
May 20
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Art Direction: Look this is the 70’s! Who doesn’t have a LSD induced swirling vision of a womans face while walking around topless and carrying their longbow? I had one last night. Just draw, or you don’t get any happy juice!
Published 1973

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Tagged with: damsel • DAW Books • dude • E.C. Tubb • Kelly Freas • longbow • magic • muscles • once you see it • WTF
May 19
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Matt’s Art Direction: Fabric! I want to see lots of fabric. And hands, lots of dramatically posed hands. And least one bare breast, only you’ll have to conceal the nipple with something. How about a cross?
Published 1994

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Tagged with: Baen Books • Bardic Voices Series • cleavage • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • dude • font problems • ghosts • headband • jester • magic • Mercedes Lackey • once you see it
May 18
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Art Direction: Look I’m so sci-fi medical expertician but, the inevitable side effect of putting crystals in your eyes has got to be a large head, baldness and a lack of lips. Maybe the loss of chest hair too.
Published 1975
Thanks to Whitney for sending this in!

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Tagged with: baldness • Ballantine Books • crystal • dude • eye-yi-yi • Gene Szafran • glowing eyes • Michael Bishop • stairway to heaven • WTF
May 17
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: If your boyfriend doesn’t want his face on the cover, tell him to look away!
Published 1995

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Tagged with: dude • font problems • John Jude Palencar • muscles • Roc Books • Valerie J. Freireich • WTF
May 16
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Jen Comments: “Sing with me, little one! ‘I-I-I’m a lumberjack and I’m okaaaay…'”
Published 1998

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Tagged with: aliens • Andre Norton • dude • font problems • Peter Peebles • rocket • Sherwood Smith • strange creature • suggestive • The Odd Couple • Tor Books
May 13
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Art Direction: Lets get this done with, I have a squash game to get to! Right, got it! Half women, the topless half I might add and half… I don’t know… Golden retriever?
Published 1977

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Tagged with: Anne McCaffrey • anthropomorphism • B. Longley • Centaur! • Chad Oliver • cleavage • damsel • Dean R. Koontz • dog people • Edgar Pangborn • Gene Wolfe • Philip José Farmer • Poul Anderson • Roger Elwood • Star Books • strange creature • Thomas N. Scortia • WTF • yellow number one
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