I’m with @StevenLP: one atom bomb isn’t going to kill Earth or lead to strange Things, but having Saturn that close to us means Eric’s about to fall apart along with the planet thanks to the excessive gravity.
@Tat: Mr. xn laughed at your comment.
@AnnaT: see JuanPaul and Tat’s comments for explanation of overacting.
@fred: If the hand starts running around by itself, it’s a Thing for sure. (that was your joke, yes?)
I’m worried about Eric’s weird thumb and possible goiter, but since he’ll be disintegrated soon, big deal.
What I’m really curious about is the ridiculous Capitalization in the Blurb. What gives, cover layout guy? Some sort of code? You’re trapped in a hack fiction publisher and you want out of the stupid font business?
Ooh, this is a house name. This was actually written by our old pal Rev. Fanthorpe, which means the prose matches the cover! Hack work indeed!
The pathos of that grieving face is somewhat diminished by
A) The wacky title fonts
B) The “Vega Book 50 cents” splash
C) The silly Saturn in the sky
D) The rather feeble A-bomb explosion
E) The badly spelled blurb
October 30th, 2018 at 10:20 am
“Why did I have to go and pay off all my credit cards yesterday? If I’d have only known!”
October 30th, 2018 at 10:26 am
“Don’t leave me hanging!”
October 30th, 2018 at 11:34 am
The thumb is a strange thing, but is it a strange Thing.
October 30th, 2018 at 12:48 pm
Looks like he’s ready to bust out some Italian opera. “O Sole Mio” perhaps.
October 30th, 2018 at 2:06 pm
“They took my thumb, Charlie!”
October 30th, 2018 at 2:47 pm
@JuanPaul: dagnabbit, you beat me to a ‘TV’s Eric Roberts Will Take Any Work’ gag.
October 30th, 2018 at 3:04 pm
@JuanP—
“They took my thumb, Charlie, and glued on this weird faucet handle in its place!”
Just thought you might want the full line Eric Roberts delivers. 😉
October 30th, 2018 at 5:02 pm
Looking at this cover, all I’m seeing is “cheesy B-movie” or “overacted opera” – ooh, alliteration!
Anyhow, that guy probably does not know the meaning of subtlety in artistic performance. Or this is his normal mode of behaviour.
October 30th, 2018 at 5:39 pm
I knew I shouldn’t have had beans for breakfast.
October 30th, 2018 at 11:29 pm
Given the close proximity of Saturn either (i) the dead world isn’t Earth, or (ii) it is Earth, and Saturn’s about to crash into it (rings’n’all).
October 31st, 2018 at 12:44 am
I’m with @StevenLP: one atom bomb isn’t going to kill Earth or lead to strange Things, but having Saturn that close to us means Eric’s about to fall apart along with the planet thanks to the excessive gravity.
@Tat: Mr. xn laughed at your comment.
@AnnaT: see JuanPaul and Tat’s comments for explanation of overacting.
@fred: If the hand starts running around by itself, it’s a Thing for sure. (that was your joke, yes?)
I’m worried about Eric’s weird thumb and possible goiter, but since he’ll be disintegrated soon, big deal.
What I’m really curious about is the ridiculous Capitalization in the Blurb. What gives, cover layout guy? Some sort of code? You’re trapped in a hack fiction publisher and you want out of the stupid font business?
Ooh, this is a house name. This was actually written by our old pal Rev. Fanthorpe, which means the prose matches the cover! Hack work indeed!
September 14th, 2019 at 8:19 pm
The pathos of that grieving face is somewhat diminished by
A) The wacky title fonts
B) The “Vega Book 50 cents” splash
C) The silly Saturn in the sky
D) The rather feeble A-bomb explosion
E) The badly spelled blurb
September 15th, 2019 at 3:29 am
Eric Roberts? I would have sworn that was Mick Jagger overacting there….
August 18th, 2020 at 1:10 am
“I chuck a dumpling over my shoulder, and you’ll never guess what…”