Oct 04
Jonathan’s Art Direction: ‘Syndic.’ Shall I write it down for you?
Artist: No. I’ve got it. ‘Sindy.’
Published 1981
Jonathan’s Art Direction: ‘Syndic.’ Shall I write it down for you?
Artist: No. I’ve got it. ‘Sindy.’
Published 1981
October 4th, 2021 at 9:40 am
Darn transporter malfunctions!
October 4th, 2021 at 10:19 am
The Syndic action figures sold well enough for cheap Asian knock-offs to make their appearance.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:27 am
The red pants and turtleneck should accelerate a redshirt’s fate exponentially.
October 4th, 2021 at 12:06 pm
That time Jerry Anderson got a small budget increase and blew it all on gold leaf.
October 4th, 2021 at 3:01 pm
Um, so the cover artist owns TWO of those wooden artist manikins you’re supposed to pose to aid you when sketching and planning paintings… but he still didn’t do any painting or drawing???
October 4th, 2021 at 4:51 pm
Albert Broccoli: “Mr. Anderson – may I call you Gerry? – we’re doing a big-budget production. Sock puppets just won’t do.”
Gerry Anderson: “Not sock puppets, marionettes! And think of the money you’ll save on actors! Look, here’s the figure that’s been fatally covered with gold paint by the villain…”
Albert Broccoli: “Thank you. Don’t call us, we’ll call you.”
Gerry Anderson: “Wait til you see the James Bond car! It’s got extendable wings and jet engines…”
October 4th, 2021 at 5:13 pm
The Roy Batty and Pris action figures suck.
October 4th, 2021 at 5:57 pm
Given that the book’s premise is a world run by the Mob, any other possible cover must have been vetoed, probably by someone called Vito.
October 4th, 2021 at 8:29 pm
That’s two covers in a row [1] by this author featuring shiny-faced dummies in red velour: one has to wonder if he was going for some sort of personal theme.
[1] https://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=17360
October 4th, 2021 at 8:32 pm
@Bruce – I get the feeling back at Unknown Artists Institute that David Davies was snapping Polaroids of the nude models instead of sketching them.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:26 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a follow-up cookbook:
“The Syndic Ate”
October 5th, 2021 at 2:42 am
@Dr. Bob: Hey, he painted them red, what more do you want?
@JP: GSS.
October 5th, 2021 at 3:46 am
The dummy on the left looks like a young Garry Shandling. The one on the right looks like a dummy.
October 5th, 2021 at 5:22 am
A David Davies Retrospective
October 5th, 2021 at 1:04 pm
It’s great to hear them sing again, but I still think these “ABBAtars” look fake.
October 5th, 2021 at 10:18 pm
@B’man: Great find! He’s certainly still popular here at GSS. I bet he worked cheap.
That Enterprise model with an extra bit bodged on wasn’t fooling anyone, Dave.