This cover was painted so darkly. I tried photographing and scanning it to show the details but it was like the artist put three coats of lacquer over everything. I have no idea where superhero’s right arm or knee went.
An excerpt from CL Moore’s “other” literary masterpiece:
‘Twas the night before daytime and all through the house
The lady with snakes in her head was aroused.
She stripped herself naked and pointed her asp
At a guy who could only recoil and gasp.
“Nice pouch,” she observed as she puckered her lips
“Er, thanks,” he replied, trying to give her the slip.
The moon, on the crest of her two perky breasts
Cast modesty shadows all over the rest.
He laughed rather nervously, backing away
And finally she knew that he just would not play.
So laying a finger aside of her—nose
And shaking her asp, off the cover she rose!
And he heard her exclaim as she flew out of sight
“I’ll find a real man if it takes me all night!”
@DStuffWBT—good catch on that choker. Even when embiggened, I cannot tell if that is an object (e.g. a lacy rosebud) or a radiation cloud coming from it. A snake charm, perhaps?
I hate to say it, but this lilac-coloured beaux-arts retro look is exactly what it felt like for me to read CL Moore in the 80s. A whole anthology was like eating five packets of Parma Violets in an hour.
September 25th, 2017 at 8:42 am
Cover motif: Moore’s lesser-known story “Twerking Shambleau”.
September 25th, 2017 at 11:06 am
Because who wouldn’t think Buster Crabbe looked better without his trousers on?
September 25th, 2017 at 11:30 am
The missing episode of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.
September 25th, 2017 at 11:32 am
Class act on the mouseover text! 🙂
Where’s his right arm?
September 25th, 2017 at 11:46 am
His right thigh seems a wee bit long. And where exactly are those lower snakes attached.
September 25th, 2017 at 12:03 pm
Cameron Diaz and Joe Montana dancing at the Halloween party.
September 25th, 2017 at 12:54 pm
@fred: she’s shedding.
September 25th, 2017 at 1:29 pm
Barry Manilow’s darkest dream.
September 25th, 2017 at 1:34 pm
Is it my imagination, or is that Flesh Gordon?
September 25th, 2017 at 2:06 pm
Nice asp, lady!
This cover was painted so darkly. I tried photographing and scanning it to show the details but it was like the artist put three coats of lacquer over everything. I have no idea where superhero’s right arm or knee went.
September 25th, 2017 at 2:11 pm
“Are her snakes bigger than mine?” he thought to himself.
September 25th, 2017 at 2:15 pm
@Bibliomancer—that artistic technique is the result of painting dog portraits all those years, trying to hide the genitalia and all.
September 25th, 2017 at 3:41 pm
An excerpt from CL Moore’s “other” literary masterpiece:
‘Twas the night before daytime and all through the house
The lady with snakes in her head was aroused.
She stripped herself naked and pointed her asp
At a guy who could only recoil and gasp.
“Nice pouch,” she observed as she puckered her lips
“Er, thanks,” he replied, trying to give her the slip.
The moon, on the crest of her two perky breasts
Cast modesty shadows all over the rest.
He laughed rather nervously, backing away
And finally she knew that he just would not play.
So laying a finger aside of her—nose
And shaking her asp, off the cover she rose!
And he heard her exclaim as she flew out of sight
“I’ll find a real man if it takes me all night!”
September 25th, 2017 at 3:48 pm
BC may write poems, but I will not bite. 😉 Good show, sir!
September 25th, 2017 at 3:49 pm
Is she wearing a radioactive choker?
September 25th, 2017 at 4:24 pm
@DStuffWBT—good catch on that choker. Even when embiggened, I cannot tell if that is an object (e.g. a lacy rosebud) or a radiation cloud coming from it. A snake charm, perhaps?
September 25th, 2017 at 4:45 pm
@BC: quite the opposite, I think. It’s why she’s bright red (hematomae) and losing her pelage.
September 25th, 2017 at 4:50 pm
There’s still time for Mel Brooks to make Flash Gordon: Men in Tights.
September 25th, 2017 at 9:45 pm
@BC – Nice poem but wrong Moore. You are forgetting CL Moore’s other career:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Moore
September 25th, 2017 at 10:32 pm
I hate to say it, but this lilac-coloured beaux-arts retro look is exactly what it felt like for me to read CL Moore in the 80s. A whole anthology was like eating five packets of Parma Violets in an hour.
September 25th, 2017 at 11:40 pm
@DSWBT – That’s not a radioactive choker. That’s her gaydar going off.
September 26th, 2017 at 12:38 am
I’m sure I read this same anthology and there wasn’t anything about Flash Gordon, or Flesh Gordon, or Buster Crabbe in it.
September 26th, 2017 at 1:33 am
I didn’t know Gorgons went for double amputees.
September 26th, 2017 at 3:39 am
@Bibliomancer—Good one, Kemosabe. Tonto taken by surprise! 🐴
September 26th, 2017 at 3:47 am
Nothing is more awkward than when your girlfriend feels the need to crouch down when you get your picture taken with together.
September 26th, 2017 at 6:07 am
Twerking Shambleau vs. Prince Valiant Smith.
@Michael Toland: Flesh had a lightning bolt on his chest, and his tights were also blue. But good eye — damn near identical, even the hair!
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yCpe562WRj8/hqdefault.jpg
September 26th, 2017 at 8:39 am
Since nobody’s made the effort to mention the Obvious Pun, that solemn duty falls on my shoulders… taking a bullet for the team, so to speak… *ahem*
– “Who farted?”
September 26th, 2017 at 1:59 pm
@GSSxn—the real Flesh had a better mullet. Otherwise, uncanny!
September 26th, 2017 at 9:24 pm
“I’d like to poison your mind with wrong ideas that appeal to you, though I am not unkind.”