Mar 18
OH man, do I have a bad hangover! I need something soothing, like a half naked teenager holding a guitar and a bit of blood trickling from his mouth. His hair slicked back, his skin pale like that of a… vampire! That’s right, I did just suggest it: a vampire guitarist! Uh-oh, I’m going to be sick.
March 18th, 2010 at 9:35 am
“I am ze Count!. I like to count. Ah … ONETWOTHREEFOUR …’
March 18th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
He’s just posing. That’s not a real chord.
March 18th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
‘You should see my werewolf drummer.’
March 18th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
It is so a real chord! It’s clearly Undead Minor.
March 18th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Or type A major.
March 18th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
hahahaha
I hear he has a wonder piece written in the necronomiconal scale.
March 18th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Type A Major is better gag. ‘Undead Minor’ sounds like a boy at a small English Public School.
March 18th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
The neck on that guitar is the only one he didn’t bite….
March 18th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I think this was the original cover design for “Twilight.”
March 18th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
He stakes his reputation on it. But i still think he sucks.
March 18th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Has no-one else spotted that he is a lightporcupine? A vampiric lightporcupine too. There are none worse.
March 18th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Everyone know vampires sparkle. This one just emits light aswell.
I actually think this cover is worse than most of the baen ones. It’s too emo
March 19th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
@Adam: You’re too kind. Of course, I’d never have managed it if you hadn’t provided the initial spark of inspiration.
I’d also like to thank my manager, my agent, my make-up artist, my personal assistant…
March 19th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
YO James. I’m gonna let you finish. But CSA had oneo’ best jokes of all time.
Hilarious, I just made a joke based on pop culture… well its a friday I guess.
April 30th, 2010 at 1:44 am
Boy, he sure is stroking the heck out of that guitar…why is it not also emitting light? Must his instrument languish in the darkness of his…area?
My soul hurts, hurts like a hobnail boot stomped on it.
May 4th, 2010 at 1:17 am
The Baen covers are just loud. This is pretentious. Sad really, just sad. Think how much better it would look with an explosion or some space marines. I might even read that.
September 14th, 2014 at 4:59 pm
A vampire rock musician — that’s just silly.
A vampire music publisher, on the other hand — that’s a documentary.
August 25th, 2015 at 4:07 am
I’m just thinking that Dracula could kick the arse of this guy. We have no need for any more emo vampires.
August 31st, 2018 at 2:24 pm
Stake through the heart, and you’re still playin’
You give love a bad name.
August 31st, 2018 at 3:36 pm
Now I want a cover of Alternate Universe Wayne Newton as a space marine fighting cat people. Danke schoen in advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRPILZS1hc8
August 31st, 2018 at 3:57 pm
This is the vampire equivalent of those Love Is… cartoons from the 70s. Underage, is what I’m saying.
August 31st, 2018 at 6:23 pm
@Tat – GSS!
August 31st, 2018 at 8:02 pm
Dave Vanian’s and Captain Sensible’s illegitimate lovechild?
August 31st, 2018 at 9:22 pm
He is part of an undead Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute band. They get a lot of requests for:
Tombstone Shadow
The Nighttime is the Right Time.
Bad Moon Rising
Graveyard Train
Gloomy
I Put a Spell on You
Pagan Baby
Midnight Special
August 31st, 2018 at 10:21 pm
@Tat, THX, and Tor: Good show, sirs!
Does vampirism cause your head to become overly large? Or is his swelled head from being a rock star, presumably loved by crowds?
@TW: Is there a “shirtless” tag? The tasteful darkness keeps us from seeing if he’s also doing the “no pants dance”.
September 1st, 2018 at 8:02 pm
Few things are as off-putting as a smug vampire.
September 1st, 2018 at 8:04 pm
“Hey, you’re supposed to be one of the undead, not the undressed!”
September 2nd, 2018 at 8:28 pm
It’s not just artwork that can be awkwardly naked, so can unmanipulated photos:
https://www.amazon.com/Legal-Older-Woman-Younger-Romance-ebook/dp/B01IEBWU6S
September 2nd, 2018 at 8:32 pm
Also, I just looked at the tags for this.
Timmy?
“Valentine” is perfectly suited to a naked emo vampire rock star, but “Timmy”?
It is to laugh even more than this cover provokes.
September 2nd, 2018 at 9:34 pm
@GSSxN: He must have gone solo after the Lords of the Underworld split. It explains why his head’s so disproportionately large.
September 4th, 2018 at 4:56 am
@Tat: I’ve been waiting for someone to make that joke for ages. Thank you for getting the reference.