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Good Show Sir comments: “Argggh! I put me armour on backwards!”
Published 1977
(Average: 6.16 out of 10)
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Good Show Sir comments: “Argggh! I put me armour on backwards!”
Published 1977
(Average: 6.16 out of 10)Loading...
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July 6th, 2023 at 10:26 am
Alternative title: My Frisbee of Doom!
July 6th, 2023 at 12:02 pm
The artwork sure reminds me of Jim Steranko.
July 6th, 2023 at 2:08 pm
So. Many. Ribs.
July 6th, 2023 at 2:52 pm
He’s got a metal theme song, but this cover really deserves Rammstein.
https://christianmuenzner.bandcamp.com/track/marchers-of-valhalla
July 6th, 2023 at 3:48 pm
Not only does he have tons of ribs, but he’s also sporting an impressively massive scabbard.
July 6th, 2023 at 4:28 pm
Bozo the Clown: Unmasked, and Angry About It.
July 6th, 2023 at 6:26 pm
Prehistoric Captain America fights Australopithecine Red Hair— er, Red Skull….
July 6th, 2023 at 6:34 pm
Those broken pieces of sword make a faux-Ting!.
July 6th, 2023 at 6:41 pm
@Tor Mented
Why does it remind you of Steranko? He could do faces and anatomy…
July 6th, 2023 at 6:52 pm
Haha! I got your helmet!
Well, HaHA! I got your shield
Well, HahaHA! I got your sword!
July 6th, 2023 at 6:56 pm
@Max: The figure on the left seemed very Steranko-ish to me on my first look, especially the face and ribs. Now I notice how poorly done the right arm is. It looks foreshortened, but it would have to bend backward at the elbow to be foreshortened.
At any rate, Wikipedia says the 1977 edition has a dust jacket and illustrations by Marcus Boas.
July 6th, 2023 at 9:40 pm
Kids at school used to sneer because I didn’t have Action Man dolls… sorry, action-figures. When I did get given broken ones by well-meaning neighbours, I would remove the limbs and re-insert them in the opposite sockets, then turn the torso and head around.
That looks like what’s happening here, with mulletted Lee Majors using his shoulder-blades as pectorals and Fright-Wig Maori pivoting his waist more than the manufacturers recommend.
But the poses do look vaguely familiar https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=2687
July 7th, 2023 at 1:31 am
Is that a sword fight, or Interpretive Dance?
Why does Conan have such beefy thighs and a scrawny torso? Weird pecs, weird abs, his whole torso is wrong.
Where’s his other leg?
July 7th, 2023 at 1:54 am
Note to self: don’t shop at Don’s Discount Swords N’ Armor again.
@GSS ex-noob: perhaps he’s a Uniped? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unipedalism
(Artist can’t draw huge feet, either).
July 7th, 2023 at 2:38 pm
Other books in this series:
Amblers of Asgard
Runners of Ragnarok
and the very amusing Hoppers of Hvergelmir
July 7th, 2023 at 3:15 pm
Yumpers of Yiminy.
July 7th, 2023 at 10:15 pm
@Bruce: Conan the Unipod doesn’t sound like a promising name. Also, does that mean he has to go BOING hopping across lands on his travels, like the beastie on the “Wankh” book?
On closer inspection, I see he has another leg in the incredibly dense fog. Which also contains an arm with a weapon.
The shield flying at us — does it mean this cover was supposed to be in 3D? Really scary, kids.
July 8th, 2023 at 3:44 am
@GSS x-n: besides the arm with the weapon, there are also 2 people in the foreground. Why is it when you find a nice quiet spot on the beach to nap, a bunch of noisy extroverts show up for a game of pick up sword and axe?
July 8th, 2023 at 9:32 am
[Tommy Wiseau voice] “You are TEARING ME APART, Conan! Oh hi, corpses.”
July 10th, 2023 at 6:42 pm
@Emster
Don’t forget the Voguers of Valhalla, though I’m told that book’s a bit self-indulgent and doesn’t really go anywhere.