Dec 21
Laura’s Art Direction: I want stars and planets! And… given the topic, there needs to be a christmas tree. No.. subtler. Just a single unadorned tree… maybe on some kind of moonscape? And we need the human element. Slap a brooding David Bowie up there. It’s missing something? Well give the title a science fiction font, and we should be good.
Published 1977
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(Average: 6.34 out of 10)
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December 21st, 2010 at 9:45 am
It’s no good trying to hide behind that tree, Mr Bowie, we can still see you. And take that stupid monocle off.
December 21st, 2010 at 10:24 am
It’s a monocle? What a relief! I feared his eye was coming out of its socket…
December 21st, 2010 at 10:26 am
If the 90s had been allowed to go on, hideous goatees like that one would’ve been all over the place!
December 21st, 2010 at 12:33 pm
i thought it was a moonocle. Ha? sorry…Wonder who “ASTAR” is, why we’re following her? Finally, those tree shaped holiday straws didn’t catch on. so sad.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:59 pm
– We worship “Astar”, goddess of staring at the moon, every winter solstice in Sweden.
– ‘Tis the season to be somber.
– STARING CONTEST!!
December 21st, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Hideous Goatree
Stars & plants
Sorry. I’ll stop now.
December 21st, 2010 at 4:33 pm
You better not run
You better not hide
Because the breadth of his mind
Is deeper than wide
SPACE CLAUS IS COMING
AND HIS EYES CAN SEE INTO THE ABYSS
December 21st, 2010 at 5:00 pm
“In space, no one can hark the herald angels sing.”
December 22nd, 2010 at 1:36 am
Why is the Milky Way running through his ears?
The font doesn’t bother me as much as does the lack of kerning. The O looks like it’s just missing the L but touching the W in an inappropriate fashion.
December 22nd, 2010 at 6:35 am
Looks like the cover for something like: “Patrick Moore eats a Douglas Fir.”
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:56 am
Original title: I Have No Mouth But I Must Do My Hair Like A 1970s Glam Rocker.
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:02 am
Wasn’t the Astar Galactic Command those jokers who hijacked an ITV signal back in the seventies? Now they have their own book! And followers!
January 7th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Just like Brenope (#4), I wondered who Astar is. Fortunately, Wikipedia told me.
The BFG is just about to sneeze by the looks of things. It’s just mean, tickling people’s noses with firs.
July 5th, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Gives whole new meaning to the term ‘manscaping’.
July 5th, 2015 at 9:48 pm
When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie
That’s amore
When a fir grows on chest, and you frown like the best
That’s amore
Stars will ting ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you’ll hear all of them
Hair will stand dippi-dippi-dan, dippi-dippi-dan
Like you were smoking hemp
January 11th, 2016 at 9:35 am
Vale David Bowie (1947-2016)
January 11th, 2016 at 9:56 am
@Perry – You remind me of the babe!
Now I’m sad š
January 11th, 2016 at 10:21 am
It’s a pity The Man Who Fell to Earth never had an amusing cover.
January 11th, 2016 at 11:33 am
Let all the children boogie
January 11th, 2016 at 11:44 am
We could see covers
Just for one day…
January 14th, 2017 at 7:00 am
It’s Bowie (RIP) but he seems to have nicked Peter Capaldi’s eyebrows. Tell me that doesn’t look like a mash-up of Bowie and the current Doctor Who titles.
January 9th, 2024 at 4:08 am
āTo Follow a Starā ā isnāt that considered stalking nowadays? Doesnāt Blue Fir Man look like a creepy stalker? Heās your biggest fanā¦.especially if that tree is properly sized, that would make him the size of the Statue of Liberty.
January 9th, 2024 at 5:00 am
@JJYoyo: Yes, and that’s why they have personal security.
Maybe he’s regular human-sized and just likes an extra large nose/ear/skull-brush.
As a theater kid, I now have “Man From La Mancha” running through my brain.
Today Windows let me know it’s Bowie’s birthday.
January 9th, 2024 at 9:46 am
I sat though too many Saturday Matinees in the 70s to not immediately associate that title with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7SEk2RMLcU
He’s still huge in Albania.