Mar 03
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Look, we need to appeal to both genders here. So we’ll have a male body fused with a female body from head to toe, in a kinda strange almost rubbery way. Obviously we’ll only show some cleavage because the last thing we’d want on there is a huge Johnson.
Thanks to Nix!

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • exposed brain • font problems • Futura Publications • Meyer Dolinsky • Michael Adams • Mike Adams • Mike Dolinsky • starkers • statuesque • Unknown Artist Institute
Apr 07
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Eron Comments: This cover is particularly appalling because of it’s simplicity. We get the text: Unicorns. Peace. Then the image: Unicorn. Twilight. BIG ORANGE Unicorn. Castle. Sure. Also, it seems to me that something is wrong on the perspective on the unicorn… it’s sort of falling on it’s side if I’m seeing it correctly?
Many thanks to Eron!

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Tagged with: Good Show Sir • horns • John Lee • perspective problems • Strand Saga series • Tor Books • Unicorn Saga series • Unicorns! • Unknown Artist Institute
Feb 20
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Scott B Comments: Birds-Hair and Prison-Face. Truly a duo for the ages.
Published 1978

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Tagged with: bird hairdo • buildings with faces • damsel • DAW Books • dude • Hans Arnold • Theodore Sturgeon • WTF
Aug 25
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Charles Comments: Evil princess likes her flirts in skirts.
Published 1981

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • big hair • booties • Carousel Books • cleavage • crotch armor • damsel • dude • font problems • male skirts • Mark Walden • Pecoraro • rocket
Aug 26
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Jami Comments: It’s like Sarek Of Vulcan has somehow been crossed with a stereotypical hero in a western version of a Japanese movie. Meanwhile bubble headed bobbies are threatening him with roman candles.
Published 1985
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • Carl Lundgren • Dennis Schmidt • dude • magic • pole weapons • police • portal to another world • robes • space • space ships • spectacular space chart • sword
Apr 09
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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Russian Dick Blade … and friends!
Good Show Sir Comments: My Google Russian translator tells me the top line says “J. Lord” and РИЧАРД БЛЕЙД is “Richard Blade” and the last line on each is “Hero” and “Winner”. I am assuming they are some sort of omnibus volumes. Feel free to translate.
Thanks to Alex for sending this in.
Published 1994

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Tagged with: archery weapons • chainmail lingerie • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • Good Show Sir • hippie hippie shake • I cut myself • Jeffrey Lord (aka Manning Lee Stokes) • loincloth • muscles • Richard Blade • Russian • stallone pose • tattoo you • thong • two-fer • Unknown Artist Institute • unknown publisher • РИЧАРД БЛЕЙД
Jun 28
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FluffyGhostKitten Comments:
Old Plato saw both mind and matter.
Thomas Hobbes saw but the latter.
Now Tom’s soul doth rot in Hell.
Quoth the Lord, “It’s immaterial. Now put on the bloody tiger suit.”
Published 2021

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Tagged with: Baen Books • books on the covers of books • catsuit • Eric Flint • evil children • font problems • fool • Joy Ward • shuriken of approval • spiffy uniform • Tom Kidd • Walt Boyes
Nov 16
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Alice Comments: What girl doesn’t swoon for a muscleman with a giant power drill?
You might remember this from here.
Published 1976

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Tagged with: Arrow Books • Chris Achilleos • damsel • drill • Dumarest series • E.C. Tubb • muscles • muslces • ridiculous hat
Feb 15
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FluffyGhostKitten Comments: Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Or in this case, out of the spaceship crash, into the cetacean foursome.
Published 1981

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Tagged with: Arthur C. Clarke • Berkley Books • dolphin • dude • flotsam • font problems • Janet Aulisio • ocean
May 23
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Tor Mented Comments: First off, stop swinging the sword. The artist didn’t bother to put in a target for you to hit. Second, bad fake Frazetta is worse than no Frazetta at all.
Published 1968

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • damsel • dude • Faux-nan • font problems • Jeff Jones • L. Sprague De Camp • long haired men • muscles • Pyramid Books
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