Aug 25
Good Show Sir Comments German cover artists take the book titles VERY seriously.
Thanks to Klaus for sending this in.
Published 1993
Good Show Sir Comments German cover artists take the book titles VERY seriously.
Thanks to Klaus for sending this in.
Published 1993
August 25th, 2020 at 10:17 am
Google translate says this book is called “The man in the tree”.
And translates the blurb as “He saw the wonderful wonders of strange worlds and brought their light to the dark earth”.
So why isn’t he IN the tree rather than lounging moodily against it? What happened to his nether regions? And if he’s bringing the light of “wonderful wonders” to a dark earth shouldn’t he be you know, talking to someone at least?
So many questions…
August 25th, 2020 at 10:24 am
It was only a matter of time before there was a Spot the Ball competition round here.
August 25th, 2020 at 1:39 pm
Does ‘a’ or ‘the’ ____ ____ in the woods?
August 25th, 2020 at 2:23 pm
Where’s his woodie?
August 25th, 2020 at 2:58 pm
Can’t see the wood for the tree?
August 25th, 2020 at 3:17 pm
Good thing the publisher also labeled his ethnicity clearly. There is nothing worse than seeing a protagonist depicted on the cover and not knowing if he is a Pict or a Jute or a Carthaginian.
August 25th, 2020 at 3:28 pm
The hunk by the trunk
The bloke by the oak
The sir by the fir
The breeder by the cedar
Stark by the shagbark
No dickory by the hickory
Sad bush by the shadbush
August 25th, 2020 at 3:41 pm
Random fact for the day: a male dryad is known as a drus!
August 25th, 2020 at 4:58 pm
@Bruce: The drus in the truss?
August 25th, 2020 at 5:01 pm
For the cover of Der Mann im Mond he turns around.
August 25th, 2020 at 9:11 pm
Old Man Willow raises his game.
August 26th, 2020 at 4:31 am
Ever accidentally get locked out of your tree naked while getting the newspaper?
August 26th, 2020 at 4:59 am
It’s not just die Erde that’s dark here.
That is one awkward pose he’s in (not even counting the obvious area). He seems to have a spine that’s dislocated. And it looks like he’s lounging with one hand and maybe a bit of one shoulder the only parts that are touching the tree. Guess he didn’t want the rough bark touching all that nekkid muscle.
He might not actually be touching der Baum at all, just lounging in a weird pose.
@Dave M: So many questions, all of them valid.
@Tor: GSS!
@FB: heh.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:32 am
I thought, “something seems funny with this cover, something missing, besides his manhood.” Then I realized, there’s no background. This doesn’t appear to be an actual photograph, as our rules still require. Perhaps, however, it was the right thing to do to make an exception for this particular cover.
August 26th, 2020 at 5:02 pm
Which one’s Pythias?
August 27th, 2020 at 1:05 am
@Tat: The scoliosis-suffering nudist we see is Pythias.
The title clearly tells us that Damon is in the tree and thus not visible.
Presumably he learned this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGv8oAHxekU
September 16th, 2020 at 9:59 am
The game of “Hide The Dong” is not for everyone.