Jun 20
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Wes Comments: I recently went to Hay-on-Wye in Wales for the first time, which is famous for it’s bookshops. There’s something like 28 second-hand bookshops in one tiny town, it’s incredible! So many obscure titles, such a rich vein of stunningly cheesy covers, I honestly felt a bit dizzy. So anyway, I only bothered snapping a few and this is my favourite.
Published 1987

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Tagged with: Alyson Publications • dude • evil • George Nader • muscles • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Apr 17
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction:
“Scotty, we need more clip-art!”
“She can’t take much more captain! We push her any harder and we risk a font overload!”
“Dammit, just do it man!”
Published 1999

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Tagged with: ape • author on the cover • Baen Books • David Mattingly • dude • floating face • font problems • James P. Hogan • lens flare • monkeyshines • once you see it • planets • robots • space • space chimp • space suit • strange creature • WTF
Feb 18
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Christal Comments: This is what happens when you let your artist take Acid and then read Lewis Carroll.
Published 1969
Ending the week with more… romantic… literature!
Many thanks to Christal!

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Ballantine Fantasy • cat people • damsel • evil • Fletcher Pratt • L. Sprague De Camp • Lin Carter • magic • monsters • Poul Anderson • Ron Walotsky • strange creature • WTF
Apr 16
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Remember when you used to dress up in black clothes, paint red eyes on your hoodie, stand with a knife and pretend to sacrifice your little brother to an evil spirit just to gain some physical power that will, in the end, only destroy you? No? Well you haven’t lived man! Now, let’s put that on there.

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • clouds • daemons • evil • evil book • glowing eyes • Marc Olden • Unknown Artist Institute • unknown publisher
Feb 09
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Oh, I know: I had this strange dream last night, possibly a nightmare. We’ll have a horse, the mare, charging through a book case, transparent like a ghost, into the view of a typical accountant type. Lapels and booze bottles around him, just like real life. Just kidding of course, we’ll have to make him look like he’s washed recently.

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Tagged with: Darrell K. Sweet • horses • magic • Orbit Books • Piers Anthony • potions • tome • WTF • Xanth series
Nov 30
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I’ve heard on the grapevine that science fiction slash fantasy readers only want one thing. Naked women! What’s with that, eh? What we need are dudes. The type that make you feel really uncomfortable. No mention of fantasy or anything. Just a dude and… The Quest!

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Tagged with: dude • muscles • Susan Kearney • Tor Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
May 18
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Scott B Comments: Only the most evil of wizards would tease his familiar by tying its food to its face, juuuust out of reach.
Published 1977

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Tagged with: Ace Books • Alex Ebel • cleavage • cloaks • crotch armor • damsel • dragon • evil • John Jakes • robes • rope • teat shields • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Jul 04
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Art Direction: Hey remember that time I had too many of those strawberry “stickers.” It was hilarious, I was all like, ‘OH GWAD help me! I’m fading into another world!’ Lets just draw that, expect, miss out the parts with my genitals. Keep the moustache though…
Published 1980

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Tagged with: Adrian Chesterman • dude • geometric oddities • Good Show Sir • Isidore Haiblum • mighty moustache • Penguin Science Fiction • WTF
Feb 11
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What in the name of Poseidon is this? A naked woman?! Look, we can’t have it go out like that, at least cover her up with something adequate, like a skimpy piece of cloth and some small shells covering a small portion of her cleavage. And have her standing on a chained man, pointing her sword at him. That way, it’s acceptable.

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • cleavage • damsel • dude • John Russell Fearn • loincloth • muscles • sword • Trojan Books • Unknown Artist Institute
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