May 13
Emster Comments: Throughout his childhood, Otto’s mum successfully kept him from losing mittens with simple mitten strings. She used a similar technique to keep him from getting booted from the space academy.
Published 1980
(Average: 4.89 out of 10)
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May 13th, 2024 at 11:58 am
He looks like he’s just accepted some sort award, possibly the silver dildo for not knowing how hands work.
May 13th, 2024 at 2:04 pm
All my paints have dried out! No, no, got a little bit of light brown, little bit of black and a full tube of blue – ok, I think I can do this…
May 13th, 2024 at 2:13 pm
At least on this US cover he has a weapon.
The earlier Brit first edition just a fist and a need for crotch armor. Classic pulp title font but not classic pulp art style, just pedestrian comic booky/manga art.
https://www.biblio.com/book/galactic-warlord-hill-douglas/d/147970757?aid=frg&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2cXalNaKhgMVOWBHAR3GtAPdEAQYBiABEgIgnPD_BwE
May 13th, 2024 at 4:06 pm
@Fred: Such an American comment. A real Warlord lets other people carry weapons: if you feel you need to go around armed you’re just a wannabe. Crotch armour’s like wearing a T-shirt saying ‘I’m Number Two But I Try Harder’.
It’s like the way the royals never have any cash on them.
May 13th, 2024 at 4:37 pm
The barrel of that … pistol … is looking a little floppy …
As an aside, if my research is correct, that’s the cover to the 1979 edition of that novel. The spacecraft depicted are remarkably similar to the trifoil ships which, if I’m not mistaken, were first introduced in The Empire Strikes Back, which was released in 1980. I’m pretty sure that model doesn’t appear in Star Wars (yes, yes, Episode I, A New Hope, whatever, get off my lawn).
So who came up with that design originally? I have a hard time believing ILM copied it from whomever painted that cover!
May 13th, 2024 at 7:23 pm
I think he needs a longer extension cord. And is that Space Ghost part of the background, or it it like his parrot or something? Polly wants _your soul_.
@Tat Wood: not sure what sort of warlords you’re thinking of, but here in the US of A a proper old fashioned Warlord of Space needs to be able to _personally_ inflict horrible crunchy death on incompetent subordinates and uppity prisoners. If not a gun or death ray gloves, psychic powers (see, Vader) or some sort of clever bit of super-science which makes them _look_ like they have magical/psychic/whatever powers. Or maybe he sics his space parrot ghost on them.
Delegating the killings to subordinates is Evil Empire managerial class stuff or maybe an autocrat or First Secretary or hereditary (not self-made) emperor of space, which is something different.
May 13th, 2024 at 10:26 pm
@Tat W & Bruce M: But can you reach out across the ocean and find some consensus on crotch armour?
May 14th, 2024 at 2:11 am
@Verylatetotheparty: crotch armor is definitely for posers.
May 14th, 2024 at 2:19 am
@Verylatetotheparty: Queen Victoria, the single most successful Empire CEO, had nine children so evidently didn’t wear it. Neither did she travel any further than Scotland, so delegation is clearly the way to do it.
May 14th, 2024 at 2:56 am
The notion of Queen Victoria as a warlord is hilarious, and deserves it’s own cartoon series. (Queen Victoria in “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!” is a step in the right direction.)
May 14th, 2024 at 6:37 pm
Vader wasn’t a Galactic Warlord, just a Galactic Functionary with ideas above his station! As someone who has never actually watched the movie in question I think I’m entitled to an opinion.
May 14th, 2024 at 6:44 pm
@Nomad: I also wondered “which came first” re those trifoils, but other than thoroughly enjoying the movies, not an expert myself, so I wasn’t touching that with a ten foot [lightsaber] (attached to my belt with a mitten string…). Thanks for stepping up!
@Tat, @Bruce: Warlord Queen Victoria as a Dr. Who miniseries – I’d watch that!
May 14th, 2024 at 8:28 pm
@Francis: If your station is big enough to destroy planets, It’s easy to get ideas like that. Radio 4 has a programme called ‘I’ve Never Seen Star Wars.’ But I didn’t expect to find someone who’s really never seen Star Wars on this site. The exclamation mark makes me think I’ve maybe been a bit slow to catch on.
(No expert myself but – @Nomad: If anyone says Episode IV, don’t listen to them, they weren’t there).
@Emster & Bruce: Tat possibly might have connections, maybe he can have a word in somebody’s ear.
May 14th, 2024 at 11:00 pm
@Verylatetotheparty: I’m old enough that to me the only “real” Star Wars films are Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi[1]. Everything else is fanfic (sometimes really good fanfic, but still fanfic.)
[1] (well, catching lightning in a bottle _two_ out of three times is still pretty good.)
May 15th, 2024 at 4:28 am
Never carry cash? What about all those CCTV photos on the dark web showing Camilla using Charles’ ATM card and sneaking off to buy another tiara?
May 15th, 2024 at 7:27 am
What’s the goofy thing flying behind him, there on Planet Blue?
Maybe the string on his zap gun is in fact an electrical cord to power it, and he’s got batteries for that on his belt. Mr. xn had a big belt-worn battery to power a videotape camera back in the early 90s.
@fred: The crotch on the British one is… a bit disturbing. At least the comic book art makes it less so. I don’t understand the other guy’s head things.
@Bruce: Damn right there are only 3 real SW movies. Though Mando and Grogu are very, very good fanfic. And more portrayals of Queen Vic as in the aforementioned Pirates! movie would indeed be welcome.
All the SW talk was very appropriate for the 14th — it’s George Lucas’ 80th birthday. (Which makes me feel old too!)
May 16th, 2024 at 5:00 am
“Hi! I’m Doug Hill, Galactic Warlord!”
Actually, no Galactic Warlords in sight here. As best I can tell, this is the protagonist of the series and the flappy alien bird is his sidekick and sometimes protector….
Flappy’s name, apparently, is Glr.
June 7th, 2024 at 5:29 am
The goofy thing is an actual character in the book. The gun is a “jangler”, which the artist apparently interpreted “bell shaped end” into “bellend”. And the dude’s uniform looks pretty much like it’s supposed to.
So they actually asked the author what should be on the cover and listened! Amazing.
July 13th, 2024 at 8:16 pm
I shall now make a SERIOUS effort to say something sincerely nice about this cover…
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The artist’s signature looks quite good.
July 14th, 2024 at 12:13 am
@Monty: How badass of a Galactic Warlord can you be if all your weapon does is jangle the enemy a bit? He’s got guns that jingle jangle… 🎶
@ARY: It is very well done, lovely Renaissance look to it. Should have let him do the title and author name too. I bet he could have hand-lettered a better font.