Nov 17
Greengerg Comments: Forge the Season of the Witch, it’s the Season of the Bull according to the back cover, and nothing says demonic violence like a fat guy with cow horns slowly being turned into a Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle.
Published 1974
Many thanks to Greengerg!
November 17th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Well, I’ll at least admit this IS the creepiest Ravensburger puzzle of all time.
(Happy nightmares, kids!)
November 17th, 2010 at 10:56 am
It’s Sam Alladyce.
November 17th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
More like bore us… who comes up with these ideas for books? I’m looking at you, Robert Lory.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
That looks cool and I actually like the picture and idea, but the font and phrasing are way overblown.
I don’t think cows’ eyes look like that, though… is it possible the artist was aiming for the wrong *kind* of bullseye?
November 17th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Eastenders is getting in really strange characters these days.
November 17th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
that eye is actually kind of creepy. notice how it follows you….
his toupee, not so much.
November 19th, 2010 at 8:53 am
OK, I’ll have another go with the Beat-ification:
As the intoxicating
sun melts upon the Cretan
horizon murder
and demonic
violence rise
over the ancient
hills
November 21st, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Oh dear, it seems that the poor Minotaur depicted here has apparently contracted Jigsaw Disease from the Judge Dredd story, The Judge Child, and is in the early stages of such…,
December 15th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
“What’s this?? The Dynamic Duo about to be eaten by Dr. Bullhead, the Living Puzzle? Will they escape his clutches in time to save Gotham City? Tune in next week… same bat-time, same bat-channel!”
December 12th, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Damn, I was really hoping for a cover with a Ford Taurus on it.
August 25th, 2015 at 4:56 am
The process of being turned into a puzzle is clearly painful, judging by that facial expression.
December 13th, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Clearly, Taurus’ revenge is directed at his ex-girlfriend, Acorna the Unicorn Girl, from whom he tried to steal a kiss.
December 13th, 2015 at 9:51 pm
… and following some repair work to its damaged ocular circuits, The Terminator dons a pair of dark glasses so that it may once again move about incognito.
January 13th, 2016 at 11:48 pm
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott was a horny puzzle all right.
January 23rd, 2016 at 9:23 pm
Jack Nicholson called. He wants his eyebrows back.
January 25th, 2016 at 11:26 am
@Ictwice: You sure it wasn’t Jack Black?
November 22nd, 2017 at 7:08 am
You should be very careful about using the word “Cretan” on the cover of your book.
October 31st, 2024 at 7:26 pm
Just Patton Oswalt doing Patton Oswalt things.