Sep 16
Click for full imageAdam S Comments: So this is what He-Man sees when he’s tripping on acid.
Published 1964
(Average: 6.88 out of 10)
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Click for full imageScott B’s Art Direction: Take a woman with highly improbable hair, with a snake wrapped around her shoulders. Sexy, eh? But we need to make it all technological-like, so the snake’s actually made of fiber-optic wires or something. And throw a computer keyboard behind her, to make sure people get it. Technology! Also put a giant floating head in the background — you know I require that on all my covers!
Published 1991
(Average: 7.48 out of 10)Loading...
Sep 13
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Ian’s Art Direction: Did you see the cover that came back from the artist? It’s full of crotches! Crotches! I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay that idiot to fix it. See if you can get an intern in here to cover them up with oblong stickers or smudges or something. Make it look natural.
Published 1973
(Average: 5.48 out of 10)Loading...
Sep 08
Click for full imageChris D Jr. Comments: If subtle clues such as the title of the book and the gun held by the bubble-helmeted, caped character on the front cover weren’t enough, the designer has managed to sneak in an oh-so-subtle name tag as a hint to the vigilant observer that the character on the front is probably ‘Gunner Cade’. Probably…
Published 1966
(Average: 8.53 out of 10)Loading...
Sep 07
Click for full imageMisterBOB’s Art Direction: I think we all know what the author means by spells, wands in children’s hands. Paint the errors involved!
Published 1989
(Average: 6.94 out of 10)Loading...
Sep 06
Click for full imageScottB Comments: The two-faced three-eyed (on fire?) dog/man is a little intriguing/befuddling, as is the pointy-faced guy at top left. But I also appreciate the use of *asterisk* *emphasis* in Gibson’s blurb, as apparently the use of boldface would have been over budget.
Published 2010
(Average: 6.16 out of 10)Loading...
Sep 05
Click for full imageJoachim Comments: Space Olympics look exactly like regular Olympics except in cartoon and a space ship poking up in the background…
Published 1967
(Average: 8.49 out of 10)Loading...
Sep 01
Click for full imageJitterbug Comments: Looks like the main hero forgot to bring his metamucil along with him on his quest to save the world and looking at vampire girls reaction, it’s a stinker!
Published 1996
(Average: 8.11 out of 10)Loading...
Aug 31
Click for full imageMan of the Mountains Comments:Nothing says super powers better than banks of ray guns built into a guy’s skull!
Published 1976
(Average: 6.73 out of 10)Loading...
Aug 29
Well today is a bank holiday and I completely forgot about it. Almost got up to go to work! Almost…
So for all your enjoyment here is a few covers that I believe make the Honourable Mentions standard! Have a good holiday for those who remembered!
Click for full imageDarkZlorf Comments: I’m sure I left my tank parked around here?
Published 1979
Click for full imageCompletely stolen from the wonderful Awful Library Books, but because the top left is clearly a copy of Keith Parkinson’s Dragons of War, I thought it too good not to mention! Thanks to John for letting me know about it!
Click for full imageSo I found this is in a touristy shop in the wonderful San Diego… paper dolls… what’s with that? Anyway, I had hours of fun recreating all my covers that day!
Published 2010
(Average: 7.65 out of 10)Loading...
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