Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son is in fact one of the key players in this book. But there’s nothing about him selling ice-cream or working as a dental nurse.
(For the cover to be anything but a random jumble, you need a lot of spoilers, or to have read the book already and thought ‘I’ll get the SFBC edition rather than the paperback available in almost every branch of WH Smiths for half the price’. But it does fit the contents. Sort of. And it’s not a space-suit; that would make too much sense.)
July 15th, 2021 at 4:52 pm
Judge Dredd, foil-wrapped for freshness.
July 15th, 2021 at 4:54 pm
Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son is in fact one of the key players in this book. But there’s nothing about him selling ice-cream or working as a dental nurse.
(For the cover to be anything but a random jumble, you need a lot of spoilers, or to have read the book already and thought ‘I’ll get the SFBC edition rather than the paperback available in almost every branch of WH Smiths for half the price’. But it does fit the contents. Sort of. And it’s not a space-suit; that would make too much sense.)
July 15th, 2021 at 4:57 pm
The woman, then, is Charlotte Corlay, and she’s on her way to assassinate Jean-Paul Malat.
July 15th, 2021 at 5:05 pm
Why did the birds cross this road?
July 15th, 2021 at 6:10 pm
Dredd cleared his throat and scanned the scene. The small group of citizens froze in terror of his verdict.
“Flute-playing in public without a permit, perp’s a minor – his parents are fined 200 creds.
“Goths are a nuisance, but not illegal – disperse or I’ll give you 3 days in the iso-cube.”
He turned to the Viking cosplayers.
“Using sharp weapons in public – 3 years each.”
July 15th, 2021 at 7:51 pm
He’s not fooling anyone. He’ll never get a tune out of that spanner.
July 15th, 2021 at 9:27 pm
The birds are nicely done. Too bad they appear to be shitting on Dredd’s visor.
July 15th, 2021 at 10:25 pm
There you go, Ice Warriors, someone’s written you a lovely book.
July 15th, 2021 at 11:34 pm
“And now, we interrupt this Virtual Reality adventure for a musical interlude.”
@Tat Wood: did he steal a pig?
July 16th, 2021 at 2:21 am
Eye glances at top 1/3 of photo; brain says “SFBC”. Did they give scholarships to UAI?
And then the brain said… “Cowper? Flute? Wasn’t that…”
https://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=12188
@BC (3): Exactly! After which Dredd will arrest her.
July 18th, 2021 at 12:59 am
RIP to Stephen Hickman, whose art has graced many a page here.