Oct 22
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In the future pilots won’t just be piloting boring old planes or space ships. No! They’ll be piloting space scooters! Retro space scooters!! Going from space station to station, wearing their retro spacesuits and carrying their cargo of little blue blobs with little tentacles. No? Well, just draw it and hopefully it will come true by 2010.
Thanks to Dave K!

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Tagged with: damsel • dragon • Dragon books • Laura J. Mixon • Omni Odyssey series • once you see it • planets • space • space brain • space ships • tentacles • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Oct 21
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Here you go boss, we’ve spent all weekend on this. It’s called “sea”, right? Well, what do we love under the sea? Mermaids of course! With long hair and large… fins. And what else could we grab people’s attention with? An underwater dragon!!! Booo yeah!!! Just tell me how that doesn’t make perfect sense!?! No boss, you don’t actually have to answer that…

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Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • Clyde Caldwell • damsel • dragon • Duke Edmund Talbolt series • font problems • John Ringo • mermaid • modesty-preserving hair • shuriken of approval
Oct 20
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What we shouldn’t have is something like ships exploding covering most of the front cover as some four armed goblins fire a cannon. And some blonde women holding her gun as she surveys the scene. Then the title and authors in huge fonts! THEN quotes from reviews just in case we think it’s not busy enough! That’s what we shouldn’t have guys. Right, guys? …Right?

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Tagged with: Baen Books • cannon • Captain March series • damsel • David Weber • explosion • goblins • gun • John Ringo • loincloth • monstrous humanoid • once you see it • Patrick Turner • ships • sword
Oct 19
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A hunky swordsman, an old Robin Hood character, and a strange female sorceress. Now, because our trio are wanting to keep themselves undercover, give the hunky one a Zorro mask to cover his eyebrows and nose. No-one will ever know his true identity. No-one!

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Tagged with: arch • archery weapons • cloaks • dude • longbow • masks • mighty moustache • R.A. Salvatore • Saga of the First King series • staff • sword • Todd Lockwood • Tor Books
Oct 16
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Hello there sir, could I stop you for a quick survey today? Excellent. Imagine that we gave you a cover that included terrible fonts, a man with a very chiseled chin in some sort of armour, holding his short bow. Then pump tons of strange glows and lens flare on places you’d not expect. On scale of one to ten, how likely are you going to take this on a bus with you? Sir? Come back! Sir?

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Tagged with: archery weapons • bracers • Corgi Books • David Gemmell • dude • font problems • glow • Hey Arnohld • John Howe • long haired men • magical orbs • shortbow
Oct 15
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Ok, how about this one. I’m just throwing it in there. Guy with sword, guy with gun, guy possibly naked with an american flag wrapped around him, and a guy in uniform.Now, to make sure no-one could think that this accompaniment could be anything but just good friends, make sure the sword guy has a platonic look as he ogles the blonde one.

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Tagged with: awesome foursome • bladed weapons • dude • Edgar Rice Burroughs • gun • loincloth • Moon Sequence series • once you see it • planets • space • spectacular space chart • sword • Thomas Floyd • utility belt
Oct 14
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BONUS Hi-Res Image!
Suitable for framing to hang in your man-cave.
Good Show Sir Art Direction: You know what type of reader suffers in the world of sci-fi/fantasy? Men! We need something for the men! So just put a redhead vampire chick with a huge rack right there on the front cover, holding her shotgun. It’s about time that we have something men can enjoy unlike those, dragons, swords, guns, lasers…….space ships…..oh…

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Tagged with: Baen Books • candles • Chris Csejthe series • cleavage • Clyde Caldwell • damsel • gun • leather • once you see it • skeletons • skulls a-poppin' • strapping outfit • sunglasses • vampire • Wm. Mark Simmons
Oct 12
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Two fine gentlemen sir! Both of them wearing only the finest apparel that royalty can buy. On top of the highest castle tower pointing into the distance in ponderous thought. Leaving the viewer with a single thought, ‘Health and safety ain’t great in this castle.’

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Tagged with: bird • bladed weapons • booties • castle • clouds • daggers • DAW Books • Inda series • long haired men • Matt Stawicki • once you see it • prince • Sherwood Smith
Oct 09
So it’s that time again for some honourable mentions. This time it’s my brother’s birthday so, in a strange sort of way, this is a little present to him. Don’t worry, I also have a proper present for him!
I used to love these role-play books when I was a teenager. Although I am pretty sure I always kept a finger at the previous page so if my choice lead to death, I would never actually have to start over again. They kinda break our rules as they are part of a franchise but again, the covers are just amazing!
Just a big thank you to everyone who visits the site and those who have helped out! We’ve had people from all around the world visit us here. You’ve made sharing this strange hobby all the better! Enjoy!
To go deeper into dungeon turn to page 7
To use your staff of Awesomeness turn to page 10
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Tagged with: adventure • archery weapons • bladed weapons • Blood Sword series • blunt weapons • Dave Morris • Honourable Mentions • longbow • monsters • Oliver Johnson • roleplay • sword
Oct 08
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WELLL! How about Lois sitting on a rocking chair right next to a lovely log fire with a couple of cats curled up nicely beside her. To amplify the warmness we’ll have three people in space-age uniforms standing right best her, one of them holding a laser rifle. And for the finishing touch, put a mustache and bandana in there too.

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Tagged with: Baen Books • Cats! • Darrell K. Sweet • fire • gun • John Helfers • Lillian Stewart Carl • Lois McMaster Bujold • mighty moustache • once you see it • proportional issues • puffy shirt • rifle • shuriken of approval • Stalin • strange creature
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