You might thinks so but I suspect it would require the invention of an entirely new branch of mathematics to categorise the relative weirdness of things on this cover.
Plummeting into the graphic design abyss with a bad case of robo-leg, Donal called upon his shoulder angels for help, but his sleazy side just suggested masturbating, as usual, while his self-righteous side refused to look at him until he put some clothes on.
Yep, we got this one. SFBC could keep this site in business all by itself. You will be unsurprised to hear that the cover has nowt to do with the content.
I’m getting more “shaved Anthony Hopkins” and less China Mieville. The old guy, I got nothin’ but he looks remarkably calm considering he’s got an arm all the way through his head. Must have pithed him.
March 24th, 2020 at 9:00 am
If the title ends with an exclamation point I would expect a cover with a little more action.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:06 am
The perils of using a local photographer for your family portraits.
March 24th, 2020 at 1:19 pm
Art Direction: “Yeah, lots of good stuff here. All we need is a Yin-Yang medallion on the guy’s knee and we are done here!”
March 24th, 2020 at 1:26 pm
Surely, his pecs are one of the least weird things on this cover.
March 24th, 2020 at 2:57 pm
You might thinks so but I suspect it would require the invention of an entirely new branch of mathematics to categorise the relative weirdness of things on this cover.
March 24th, 2020 at 3:32 pm
@Francis, Verylate: That must be why the disembodied heads of Bertrand Russell and China Mieville have been put on the case.
(And maybe why they’re looking at each other rather than at John Barrowman, onto whom they’ve been grafted.)
March 24th, 2020 at 4:53 pm
Plummeting into the graphic design abyss with a bad case of robo-leg, Donal called upon his shoulder angels for help, but his sleazy side just suggested masturbating, as usual, while his self-righteous side refused to look at him until he put some clothes on.
March 24th, 2020 at 6:05 pm
Looks like his spinal column is running up his chest. Another danger of unorthodox weight lifting practices.
March 24th, 2020 at 6:12 pm
Anthony Hopkins.
March 24th, 2020 at 7:39 pm
Yep, we got this one. SFBC could keep this site in business all by itself. You will be unsurprised to hear that the cover has nowt to do with the content.
That torso is just inexplicable. And inexcusable.
@Tat: GSS!
March 24th, 2020 at 8:09 pm
Gordon R. Dickson’s
BRING ME THE HEADS OF CHINA MIEVILLE AND SOME WEIRD OLD DUDE
March 24th, 2020 at 8:56 pm
He should know adults can’t wear armbands in the pool.
March 24th, 2020 at 9:20 pm
The suspect is described as arm-head and dangerous.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:11 pm
@Tor M—GSS!
March 24th, 2020 at 11:25 pm
I’m getting more “shaved Anthony Hopkins” and less China Mieville. The old guy, I got nothin’ but he looks remarkably calm considering he’s got an arm all the way through his head. Must have pithed him.
March 25th, 2020 at 1:35 am
Are we sure the one on the right is an old dude rather than an old lady? That’s a fairly fancy bit of neck bling they’re wearing.
He (or she) also looks a bit distorted, possibly due to Pec-Man’s arm going through them: if it’s a ghost head, he may be disturbing the ectoplasm.
March 25th, 2020 at 12:46 pm
Has Arnold Schwarzenegger been joining Sting in his steam bath?
March 25th, 2020 at 3:17 pm
Jennie Gist over on our Facebook group comments:
Distancing, folks, distancing!