Apr 22
Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: How short can you make a man skirt? Well it better just about cover the essentials because I’m sure that’s how a legionnaire went into battle against armoured wizards with comic book red eyes peering out from their helmets.
Published 1988
April 22nd, 2013 at 9:33 am
aka Turtles in Time: Shredder’s Revenge
April 22nd, 2013 at 10:43 am
“Man, this shield was a good investment!”
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:29 am
Hmm. Run out of covers again, have we?
🙂
April 22nd, 2013 at 12:41 pm
@Phil – I thought it wasn’t that good, tombstone title and all that. 😛
But we definitely aren’t running out of covers. I opened my inbox today to a deluge not seen since the great flood of MisterBob!
April 22nd, 2013 at 12:42 pm
With his secret betrayed by his skirt length, Mars is banished to make a cape look not ridiculous in the least.
April 22nd, 2013 at 12:46 pm
Mocking hemlines? Must be a slow Monday. I got no-Ting!
April 22nd, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Squire: Sir, you forgot your armor!
Knight Fantastic: HAHAH, silly squire. I dont need armor, look at my pecs, my gluts, my dazzling quads!! Now grab me my frilly cape, gap mini-skirt, helm and those garter boots over yonder.
Squire: Sigh….yes my lord…..
April 22nd, 2013 at 2:19 pm
Deleted scenes from the 300 DVD?
April 22nd, 2013 at 2:28 pm
“Banished to do the impossible.” Since when is banishment an appointed task? And what is that impossible task? To attract a young male demographic by teasing them with man butt?
April 22nd, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Is that the silhouette of a double bass, bottom right?
April 22nd, 2013 at 3:08 pm
We can at least point out the technical failings here. How, for example, does.the palm of Galactus remain shadowed when it is emitting a plasma bolt. And shouldn’t the resulting block by the shield result in sone rather intense light reflected back into the palm. The artist was good enough to resist ting!ing the sword though.
April 22nd, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Thanks, @Tom Hering for pointing out the semantic incoherence of the blurb. Since these covers are complex linguistic/visual texts (a semiotician’s wet dream, really), the absurdities of one realm of discourse reverberate through the other; hence the equally delightful visual incoherence @FearofMusic has caught. Great stuff!
April 22nd, 2013 at 5:01 pm
I’m think I’m glad that it’s not just the lady swordfighters going into battle with too much exposed thigh.
April 22nd, 2013 at 7:16 pm
To close to the generic renderings of Fingolfin vs Morgoth.
April 22nd, 2013 at 7:37 pm
@GSS Admin: I’m relieved to hear you are still being deluged with covers. I wouldn’t want it any other way.
Which reminds me, anyone seen Adam Roberts’ collection ADAM ROBOTS? 😉
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:53 pm
I’m glad we’re not getting the front view.
April 23rd, 2013 at 10:39 am
“THY BUFFALO SHOT SHALL NOT PASS!”
April 23rd, 2013 at 11:16 am
“Marcus, I am thy father! (and put some pants on)”
August 23rd, 2015 at 2:47 pm
o/~ Four books of Videssos, three horned-helmet, Harry Turtledove…and a Carthaginian in a white beam! o/~