Apr 06
Good Show Sir comments: Phantasia Press receptionist: “There’s a lawyer on the phone. Says he’s from Disney.”
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!
Published 1982
Good Show Sir comments: Phantasia Press receptionist: “There’s a lawyer on the phone. Says he’s from Disney.”
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!
Published 1982
April 6th, 2023 at 11:37 am
Aren’t we all?
(I’m just not convinced we’ve bagged it with this one.)
April 6th, 2023 at 12:35 pm
White suit, shirt and diagonal striped tie by Prada, I guess.
April 6th, 2023 at 12:59 pm
There’s one mime who is never going to do the “Invisible Box” routine.
Maybe “Walking Against Wind” is the best he can muster.
April 6th, 2023 at 1:52 pm
@GSS – uh, GSS! I am also curious how they got away with/how much they had to pay for including a likeness of The Mouse on the cover.
April 6th, 2023 at 2:41 pm
Brought to you by the Bidet Promotion Board.
April 6th, 2023 at 2:54 pm
The fever dream was pretty lame until Bacchus showed up.
April 6th, 2023 at 2:56 pm
Disney and Rod Serling, it seems.
Fix, six, who’s counting?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734569/
April 6th, 2023 at 3:22 pm
The Mouse indicates that the Harlan Ellison literary estate has been purchased by Disney Corp. Chris Pratt, Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Olsen will soon be appearing in a lighthearted musical version of “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream … For Ice Cream!”
April 6th, 2023 at 4:31 pm
The demonic hand sprinkling unhappy characters like chicken feed is less impressive when you see what’s attached to it: https://d1f7geppf3ca7.cloudfront.net/origin/559183/1534434146983_dsc08780.jpg
April 6th, 2023 at 6:19 pm
@NomadUK: Pirandello’s lawyer, maybe?
April 7th, 2023 at 12:44 am
The knight-in-shining -armo(u)r hanging off the demonic hand’s index fingernail is a nice touch.
And we know it’s a demonic hand because it has five fingers *and* a thumb….
April 7th, 2023 at 2:41 am
This is what happens to all the toys that get thrown away.
April 7th, 2023 at 4:55 am
So is the back cover demon supposed to be a self-portrait? (The fedora seems on-brand.)
April 7th, 2023 at 5:40 am
Legs akimbo!
@Tor M (8)—GSS!
April 7th, 2023 at 6:39 am
Dunno about the credit, because this is the SFBC cover. And it is even MORE orange than depicted. Like, you could be safe in traffic or hunting season wearing this.
IIRC, this is an anthology and Harlan’s er, disagreement, with the House of Mouse is mentioned. Thus the taking of the Mickey.
@Tor: Leave out Pratt and I’d watch it in an altered state.
April 7th, 2023 at 9:52 pm
@Tor and GSS x-n – make that Chris(topher) Walken, Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks, and I’m in.
@GSS – I forgot about the tiff with House of Mouse, which makes it that much more delightful.
@Bruce – thought the same