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Juan Paul Comments: “Now, fish boy, what were you saying about our fashion sense?”
Published 1986
Tagged with: Ace Books • cloaks • damsel • Don Maitz • dress for success • dude • fish people • harp • Keith Taylor • mullet • music • ridiculous hat • Smirky McSmug • sword
“I guess they really meant it when they said they’d rather die than hear another harp solo.”
The Fool and the Valkyrie: How Trump and Hillary looked during the first debate.
“Gudrun Blackhair”??
Like… Having black hair isn’t such an uncommon trait that you’d be likely to name yourself after it.
There’s a reason I’m Tom Noir and not Tom Brownishhair.
The harpist has that ‘I’m about to make a “smells-like-fish” joke!’ look on his face.
Her look suggests his harping stinks as badly as those fish.
Her hand looks disproportionately small…and what’s she pointing at?
‘I’ve slain five of them myself…’
‘Three, Gudrun Blackhair!’
‘Three. I’ve slain three of them myself, and our shipmates…’
This is why you don’t piss off Enya.
I, for one, am thrilled that jeggings have finally been ratified into the dress code on the wild sea.
Those two went raiding through some theatre’s costume and props department, and then posed for some pictures, didn’t they?
Only explanation for why she’s obviously wearing jeans. And the complete lack of “historical accuracy” and coordination.
Something tells me that harp has a sassy, wise-cracking personality all its own. *shiver*
Sequel to Bard II: Electric Boogaloo
“Bard II: Electric Boogaloo”
Which is still superior to Bard IV: Wild Sea You Next Tuesday.
Seems like only the even number books were any good. I think we can all agree “Bard V: The Final Red Hair” was the worst.
@Yoss, JuanPaul: doesn’t rhyme.
Bard IV: Fish on Floor
Bard V: Harp Alive
Bard VI: Gudrun Blackhair Sucks…
I kinda like the sheer nuttiness of the cover art… it’s the Western fonts that ruin it for me.
@A.R. This cover would have attracted me when I was in my early-mid teens. I liked silly fantasy.
Nobody’s mentioned the book that started it all:
Bard I: No, He Lost
Unless I’m greatly mistaken, they’ve killed either the God of Death or the number Eleven.
He slayed his audience with a God-awful rendition of “Born To Be Wild”.
Gudrun Blackishhair has what appears to be a sword’s hilt at her belt. Yet she’s holding a drawn sword. How many swords does this woman need???
If this is from 1986 why isn’t it ‘Bard 3D’? And where’s Lou Diamond Philips as Unspecified Ethnic-Minority New Best Friend
Bard VII: Die Barder
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September 27th, 2016 at 1:37 pm
“I guess they really meant it when they said they’d rather die than hear another harp solo.”
September 27th, 2016 at 1:45 pm
The Fool and the Valkyrie: How Trump and Hillary looked during the first debate.
September 27th, 2016 at 2:41 pm
“Gudrun Blackhair”??
Like… Having black hair isn’t such an uncommon trait that you’d be likely to name yourself after it.
There’s a reason I’m Tom Noir and not Tom Brownishhair.
September 27th, 2016 at 3:28 pm
The harpist has that ‘I’m about to make a “smells-like-fish” joke!’ look on his face.
September 27th, 2016 at 3:30 pm
Her look suggests his harping stinks as badly as those fish.
September 27th, 2016 at 3:30 pm
Her hand looks disproportionately small…and what’s she pointing at?
‘I’ve slain five of them myself…’
‘Three, Gudrun Blackhair!’
‘Three. I’ve slain three of them myself, and our shipmates…’
September 27th, 2016 at 3:41 pm
This is why you don’t piss off Enya.
September 27th, 2016 at 4:15 pm
I, for one, am thrilled that jeggings have finally been ratified into the dress code on the wild sea.
September 27th, 2016 at 4:58 pm
Those two went raiding through some theatre’s costume and props department, and then posed for some pictures, didn’t they?
Only explanation for why she’s obviously wearing jeans. And the complete lack of “historical accuracy” and coordination.
September 27th, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Something tells me that harp has a sassy, wise-cracking personality all its own.
*shiver*
September 27th, 2016 at 6:21 pm
Sequel to Bard II: Electric Boogaloo
September 27th, 2016 at 6:40 pm
“Bard II: Electric Boogaloo”
Which is still superior to Bard IV: Wild Sea You Next Tuesday.
September 27th, 2016 at 6:48 pm
Seems like only the even number books were any good. I think we can all agree “Bard V: The Final Red Hair” was the worst.
September 27th, 2016 at 7:00 pm
@Yoss, JuanPaul: doesn’t rhyme.
Bard IV: Fish on Floor
Bard V: Harp Alive
Bard VI: Gudrun Blackhair Sucks…
September 27th, 2016 at 9:16 pm
I kinda like the sheer nuttiness of the cover art… it’s the Western fonts that ruin it for me.
September 27th, 2016 at 9:24 pm
@A.R. This cover would have attracted me when I was in my early-mid teens. I liked silly fantasy.
September 27th, 2016 at 10:30 pm
Nobody’s mentioned the book that started it all:
Bard I: No, He Lost
September 27th, 2016 at 10:55 pm
Unless I’m greatly mistaken, they’ve killed either the God of Death or the number Eleven.
September 28th, 2016 at 11:06 am
He slayed his audience with a God-awful rendition of “Born To Be Wild”.
December 3rd, 2017 at 3:41 pm
Gudrun Blackishhair has what appears to be a sword’s hilt at her belt. Yet she’s holding a drawn sword. How many swords does this woman need???
December 3rd, 2017 at 5:23 pm
If this is from 1986 why isn’t it ‘Bard 3D’?
And where’s Lou Diamond Philips as Unspecified Ethnic-Minority New Best Friend
December 3rd, 2017 at 6:01 pm
Bard VII: Die Barder