An aside. Has anyone ever done Holmes in the Cthulu Mythos?
Back to the cover. Watson is growing comic relief foreshadowingly suspicious of Tarzans too perfect hair.
TAR-SHAM, not Faux-nan! If ever that tag was suitable, it’s for this.
Those pecs are a mite weird. His whole torso is off.
I love Watson’s expression. He’s thinking what we all are, that this is terrible. I picture him sauntering off to his left (our right) while Tarzan and Holmes aren’t looking. Escape while you can, Watson!
I should like to ask for the WTF tag. Even if Watson would never say that, his expression clearly does.
@THX: Heh. That is a dead-on Nigel Bruce, but definitely not Basil.
@fred: I’m sure it’s been done repeatedly, but Neil Gaiman (natch) won a Hugo for “A Study in Emerald”, in the anthology “Shadows Over Baker Street” (with lots of other people and other good stories). It’s online: http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf
I once ran across something similar to this, albeit with a tasteful cover and Teddy Roosevelt instead of Tarzan. Is there really THAT much of a market for these crossovers?
At right, “Here’s the famous WWI flying ace in his trusty Sopworth Camel, wondering WTF he’s stumbled into and how fast he can get out of here. Did someone slip something into his root beer?”
I can’t get the pec-ab-nipple area to make sense; the latter are rather uneven.
@Vlltp: heh. A kinder and cleverer interpretation than deciding the artist didn’t finish it and the art dept. didn’t come up with anything else to put in the space.
@GSSxn: My comment’s actually a bit grammatically ambiguous, but it still works when misread – the ‘snow’ is exactly the right height to give Tarzan a chill in his loincloth.
Now excuse me while I go shoot an elephant in my pyjamas…
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March 8th, 2018 at 10:09 am
Everyone has their favourite Holmes and Watson actors, but for me the best had to be Leonard Cohen and Nigel Bruce.
March 8th, 2018 at 2:19 pm
An aside. Has anyone ever done Holmes in the Cthulu Mythos?
Back to the cover. Watson is growing comic relief foreshadowingly suspicious of Tarzans too perfect hair.
March 8th, 2018 at 5:39 pm
I guess the cover artist was paid in installments and the last check bounced before he could complete this.
March 8th, 2018 at 8:39 pm
Tarzan’s right side is more developed than his left. I wonder what Sherlock will deduce from that observation.
March 8th, 2018 at 10:07 pm
It appears that Tarzan’s chest muscles are melting. Not so “peerless” after all, are you?
Dr. Watson, meanwhile, looks rightfully appalled at the existence of this shoddy crossover/ripoff.
March 8th, 2018 at 10:25 pm
Bunghole in the Jungle
March 9th, 2018 at 12:18 am
TAR-SHAM, not Faux-nan! If ever that tag was suitable, it’s for this.
Those pecs are a mite weird. His whole torso is off.
I love Watson’s expression. He’s thinking what we all are, that this is terrible. I picture him sauntering off to his left (our right) while Tarzan and Holmes aren’t looking. Escape while you can, Watson!
I should like to ask for the WTF tag. Even if Watson would never say that, his expression clearly does.
@THX: Heh. That is a dead-on Nigel Bruce, but definitely not Basil.
@fred: I’m sure it’s been done repeatedly, but Neil Gaiman (natch) won a Hugo for “A Study in Emerald”, in the anthology “Shadows Over Baker Street” (with lots of other people and other good stories). It’s online: http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows_Over_Baker_Street and footnotes.
March 9th, 2018 at 3:49 am
I once ran across something similar to this, albeit with a tasteful cover and Teddy Roosevelt instead of Tarzan. Is there really THAT much of a market for these crossovers?
March 9th, 2018 at 6:20 am
@GSSxN – Right you are on the Sham/Faux tags. Fixed.
March 9th, 2018 at 2:21 pm
Looks like the inspiration for the cover’s Holmes is Robert Stephens in director Billy Wilder’s “The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes”.
March 9th, 2018 at 4:48 pm
I just love that little giraffe head peeking in at the cover’s edge going “WTF, I recognize Nigel but who are those other clowns?”
March 9th, 2018 at 4:51 pm
Looks like Sherlock has upgraded his deerstalker hat with the addition of a bevy of spears; much more deadly now.
March 9th, 2018 at 6:07 pm
I say, Watson, he is bare-chested.”
“No shirt, Sherlock.”
March 9th, 2018 at 8:25 pm
@Tor M—you must desist with the brilliant puns. This much groaning is bad for the digestion 😉
March 11th, 2018 at 7:24 am
@Tor: bravo!
At right, “Here’s the famous WWI flying ace in his trusty Sopworth Camel, wondering WTF he’s stumbled into and how fast he can get out of here. Did someone slip something into his root beer?”
March 19th, 2018 at 8:27 pm
Tarzan to Sherlock: I told you this is a No Smoking Jungle!
March 20th, 2018 at 3:48 am
Watson: “I examined your scalp thoroughly with my magnifying glass, Tarzan, and have found no eggs. I’m pleased to say you’re completely lice-free!”
October 23rd, 2019 at 10:12 am
I can’t fault the artist, or the editor – the cover is technically slick and sound.
Though I wonder about the content – is this “lighthearted” Philip Jose Farmer or “dark” X-rated Farmer?
October 23rd, 2019 at 2:54 pm
“I say, Holmes! This is surprisingly deep snow in Africa. That chap’s going to catch a chill in his loincloth.”
October 24th, 2019 at 9:06 am
I can’t get the pec-ab-nipple area to make sense; the latter are rather uneven.
@Vlltp: heh. A kinder and cleverer interpretation than deciding the artist didn’t finish it and the art dept. didn’t come up with anything else to put in the space.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:44 am
@GSSxn: My comment’s actually a bit grammatically ambiguous, but it still works when misread – the ‘snow’ is exactly the right height to give Tarzan a chill in his loincloth.
Now excuse me while I go shoot an elephant in my pyjamas…