He looks like he’s giving a speech about how the man he just decapitated was a “Traitor to the Earth” or some such, to his crew of escapees from the Planet of the Apes franchise. Redbeard himself, meanwhile, looks to have come straight out of a Viking movie.
Ravaged by science. Ravaged, I tell you! “Ruined” is far to mild a word for what Science has done. You think Redbeard is bad? Be glad he got to you before Science did!
Was the publisher so ashamed of the art that when they did release it, they decided the art had to be shrunk down to less than half the cover? They thought a lot of white space and text — plus a giant title — was what the nerds wanted in 1969? They were embarrassed to have a Kelly Freas cover?
March 29th, 2018 at 11:20 am
All this time I thought evolution WAS science. Silly me.
March 29th, 2018 at 11:21 am
He’s not really a ginger, he just loves tomato soup.
March 29th, 2018 at 12:02 pm
He’ll have even more fun beheading that three-headed guy later.
March 29th, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Never again published.
His name is Red Will Donahoe BTW.
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=16178068328&searchurl=tn%3Dredbeard%26sortby%3D17%26an%3Dmike%2Bresnick&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title12#&gid=1&pid=2
March 29th, 2018 at 1:01 pm
Without science, we would all be reduced to holding up our pants with rope!
March 29th, 2018 at 4:54 pm
Who was in charge of handing out the weapons? Giving a melee weapon to someone lacking binocular vision is probably not the best call.
March 29th, 2018 at 5:20 pm
It appears evolution hasn’t been kind to his one-eyed, three-headed cohort. Maybe Redbeard should switch over to the science side of the battle.
March 29th, 2018 at 5:47 pm
‘Never before published’. And only pdfs afterward, apparently.
March 29th, 2018 at 5:50 pm
@FB As long as he stays with overhead strikes, things should be okay.
March 29th, 2018 at 6:49 pm
He looks like he’s giving a speech about how the man he just decapitated was a “Traitor to the Earth” or some such, to his crew of escapees from the Planet of the Apes franchise. Redbeard himself, meanwhile, looks to have come straight out of a Viking movie.
March 29th, 2018 at 11:16 pm
Ravaged by science. Ravaged, I tell you! “Ruined” is far to mild a word for what Science has done. You think Redbeard is bad? Be glad he got to you before Science did!
March 30th, 2018 at 12:39 am
Was the publisher so ashamed of the art that when they did release it, they decided the art had to be shrunk down to less than half the cover? They thought a lot of white space and text — plus a giant title — was what the nerds wanted in 1969? They were embarrassed to have a Kelly Freas cover?
Lancer, I am disappoint.
@THX: I thought so too.
March 30th, 2018 at 12:57 am
In other news, this is on sale today only:
https://www.amazon.com/Cats-Pajamas-Stories-Ray-Bradbury-ebook/dp/B00C4TJADI
Not as bad as ISTBE, but with absolutely no pajamas.
March 30th, 2018 at 5:06 pm
All right, friends. Today’s new word is “aberration”. Say it with me now, “Ab-er-ra-tion”.
April 2nd, 2018 at 3:46 pm
In a world filled with three-headed people, neckless Cyclopes and the like, the bearded ginger is the aberration?
Riiiight.
April 3rd, 2018 at 1:50 am
Judging from the cover, an aberration is a strange-looking stomach.
September 11th, 2019 at 12:26 pm
“Never before published!”
Funny that you never hear the following shout from a maternity ward:
“Never before born!”