Aug 15
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Dead Stuff with Big Teeth’s Art Direction: Tinfoil! Tinfoil is the future, my dear boy! Look, see how I look when I wear it as a hood. Now paint me on the rest of the roll, but as if I were a one-dimensional tigerman. And how the money rolls in!
Published 1994

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Tagged with: anthromorphism • Baen Books • Donald Kingsbury • font problems • Gregory Benford • Larry Niven • Man-Kzin Wars • Mark O Martin • shiny oh so shiny • Stephen Hickman • teeth
Oct 12
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Raoul Comments: How much longer do I have to sit posing? Your lizard is killing me.
Published 1981

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Tagged with: Berkley Books • cat people • dude • font problems • Jill Bauman • lizard • Nicholas Yermakov • painting in the painting • Simon Hawke
Oct 10
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Juan Paul Comments: Don’t get too excited, he’s not flying. He’s been shot from a circus cannon and this is the split second before impact.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: Berkley Books • damsel • David Plourde • dude • flying • Tom Reamy • white • WTF
May 12
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Ryan Comments: Lord Purple-Tunic’s propensity for midair sword flourishes always made his winged steeds very nervous.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: Avon Books • Bob Pepper • Don't be silly - it's for children! • flying horse • font problems • Shirley Rousseau Murphy • sword
Jul 01
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Jonathan Art Direction: What’s this? I told you the giant ant needs to be wearing a top hat. We’ll have to fix it with typography.
Tag Wizard Comments: Jonathan also helpfully forwards the note on the copyright page: ‘The Large Ant’ originally published as ‘The Big Ant’
Published 1961

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • giant ants • Howard Fast • little people • Unknown Artist Institute
Jan 31
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Andrew Comments: Teddy bears in Napoleonic garb, riding on dragon-horses in space. Baen, naturally.
Published 2000
It has come to our attention that this book is comedy, which bends our rules.
We appologise, but the cover is still amazing!
– Good Show Sir

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Tagged with: Baen Books • dude • Gordon R. Dickson • horses • Michael Whelan • once you see it • Poul Anderson • space • surprised horse • WTF
Apr 15
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Frank Comments: For some reason I find it difficult to focus on the title text. I wonder if that’s to keep me focused on the cover art?
Published 2002

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Tagged with: Amsea Group Publishing • cat people • Cats! • Don't be silly - it's for children! • flowers • Lee Taiz • Lincoln Taiz • music • space ship • waistcoat
Sep 06
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Frank Comments: I get the idea the artist read the teaser on the first page, “WHAT’S SO SPLENDID ABOUT WESTERN CULTURE THAT YOU WANT TO SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE GALAXY? I TELL YOU THERE’S SOMETHING ON TRIOPUS THAT CAN NEVER BE REMADE.” …and painted something that you probably wouldn’t want to remake even if you could.
Published 1969

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Tagged with: abstraction • Douglas R. Mason • John Rankine • Paperback Library • Richard Powers • WTF
Dec 11
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Tom Noir Comments: In the future, everything will be needlessly complex and ridiculously over-engineered… except women’s clothing.
Published 1984

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Tagged with: Alan Dean Foster • antennae • bikini • cleavage • damsel • dude • eye-yi-yi • frickin laser beams • inadequate armor • Paul Alexander • planets • shoulder pads • space ships • space suit • tights • Warner Books
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