Art Direction: Who cares about cat people! Just get a giant long haired cat on there. Someday the world will know the glory of cats doing… stuff… but until then we’ll use one to sell books.
Published 1980 (maybe)
Art Direction: Who cares about cat people! Just get a giant long haired cat on there. Someday the world will know the glory of cats doing… stuff… but until then we’ll use one to sell books.
Published 1980 (maybe)
April’s Art Direction: So there’s this cosmic checkerboard, right? And on it we’ll have Alexander the Great, a Samurai, and Napoleon just kind of chilling out, each in their own separate square, completely unaware of anything around them.Now we just sit back and wait for the money to roll in.
Published 1995
Phil Comments: Why John, you are so odd that I must hide behind these conveniently positioned but otherwise random spikes. But at least you’ve noticed me, which makes you not quite as odd as you used to be back in the days of: Odd John.
Tom’s Art Direction: Listen you lot, it’s supposed to be a DRAGON. This just looks like some sort of blue lizard. It needs more pointy bits! Don’t come back until you’ve absolutely peppered that thing with spikes. Oh, and draw the world’s most awkward swordsman beside it, you know, for human interest.
Published 1985
Eleanor Comments: A book with the awesome title ‘Get Off the Unicorn’ features a . . . dragon?
Published 1977
Adam Comments: Odd looking cat woman in a pink leotard wielding a power drill – check!Hunky blonde hero-type – check!Robot that shoots NyQuil capsules from it’s fingers – check!
Published 1985
Art Direction: Look this is the 70’s! Who doesn’t have a LSD induced swirling vision of a womans face while walking around topless and carrying their longbow? I had one last night. Just draw, or you don’t get any happy juice!
Published 1973
Matt’s Art Direction: Fabric! I want to see lots of fabric. And hands, lots of dramatically posed hands. And least one bare breast, only you’ll have to conceal the nipple with something. How about a cross?
Published 1994
Art Direction: Look I’m so sci-fi medical expertician but, the inevitable side effect of putting crystals in your eyes has got to be a large head, baldness and a lack of lips. Maybe the loss of chest hair too.
Published 1975
Thanks to Whitney for sending this in!
MisterBOB’s Art Direction: If your boyfriend doesn’t want his face on the cover, tell him to look away!
Published 1995
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