Good Show Sir

Oct 07

Tom Hering Comments: Chapter One, paragraph one – “Outside the bedroom window rain dripped steadily from the tall Douglas firs. Isobel Dempster did not have to raise the blinds and look out to know what kind of a day it was. It was wet. It was the first day of June, when the whole world should be bright and sunny, but not the Skagit Valley in the state of Washington. Here it was wet. It was wet here yesterday and would be wet tomorrow, and barring some miracle it would be wet next week too.”

Published 1975

(Average: 8.45 out of 10)

Tagged with: ax-wielding • bandito • BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • blunt weapons • bottle • damsel • dude • epic conflict • exposed brain • Gary Bradner • Good Show Sir • gun • handguns • jeans and a t-shirt • mallet • mighty moustache • nonsensical shadows • once you see it • rope • sombrero hat • space brain • stallone pose • sweaterworld • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF • Zebra Books

Oct 01

Courtship Rite

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SIR... next time please don't court your rite... in the court... or the hallway... Click for full image

Andrea Comments: I get that the artist was trying to convey the strangeness of this world, but she didn’t have to shove so many characters awkwardly together on the page. The guy sitting up on the bed is seriously going to dislocate his shoulder. And on the back cover, there’s the world’s world 80s hair metal outfit (fur legwarmers and matching vest, with bare chest and sandals!)
Published 1982, aka ‘Geta’

(Average: 5.43 out of 10)

Tagged with: bladed weapons • booties • bracers • damsel • Donald Kingsbury • dude • furs • Haircut 100 • muscles • once you see it • Rowena Morrill • tattoo you • Timescape Books • turbans • waistcoat • weird pecs • wraparound cover

Sep 30

Exiled: Clan of the Claw

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Exiled: Clan of the Claw Click for full image

DPN Comments: Cat-man had only moments to reflect on some of the poor decisions he made in his life.
Published June 2011 / August 2012

(Average: 6.31 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • bladed weapons • bridge • dragon • fire • fortress • Harry Turtledove • Jody Lynn Nye • John Ringo • lion people • longbow • Michael Z. Williamson • once you see it • people with tails • S.M. Stirling • shiny • shiny oh so shiny • spikes • Stephen Hickman • strange creature • sword • talons • the no pants dance

Sep 27

Beyond the Blue Moon

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When the School of Medicine accidentally meets with the LARP'ing society! Click for full image

Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: It’ll be just like our D&D game we played last night… except John from Accounting can be the hunk attacking a skeleton… and Dianne the Receptionist can be the sword-wielding damsel in a cape!
Published 2000

(Average: 7.47 out of 10)

Tagged with: ax-wielding • bladed weapons • capes • damsel • dude • font problems • Gollancz Books • Jon Sullivan • once you see it • Orion Books • shiny • Simon R. Green • skeletons • skulls a-poppin' • sword

Sep 25

The King of the Swords

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The ancient Greeks called this form of death the Bellybutton Decapitation! Click for full UNSHEEPED image

Stephen Comments: Words cannot do this justice. So much amaze.
Published 1975

(Average: 8.41 out of 10)

Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • blood • Bob Haberfield • bones • buildings with faces • cleavage • clouds • daggers • devil's dumplings • dismemberment • eye-yi-yi • faceless • GOLD! • Haircut 100 • hand eyes • Michael Moorcock • robes • space sheep • stairway to heaven • statue • WTF

Sep 23

Zelerod’s Doom

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I only know how to draw two horses... so.... we'll just duplicate! Click full image

Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Remember that time you walked in on your parents as they were making your brother? Yeah… if you could sum up all those feelings and put it into the expressions of the main characters, who must be wearing caped onesies. Instant classic… though you might need some more therapy afterwards.
Published 1986

Many thanks to Paul D!

(Average: 7.42 out of 10)

Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • booties • capes • chains • damsel • DAW Books • dude • horses • horses with hairstyles • Jacqueline Lichtenberg • Jean Lorrah • jumpsuit • Sime/Gen • sword • tentacles • Walter Velez

Sep 19

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz – Three Adventures

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Mutant starfish might seem weird... if I wasn't hanging about with pirate Pinocchio! Click for full image

Lauren F Comments: Avast ye badly-photoshopped starfish, my evil-eyed puppet boy sidekick will now make you walk the plank! Or crawl slowly, arrrr.
Published 2013

(Average: 8.12 out of 10)

Tagged with: beret hat • bladed weapons • booties • cannon • chucky the evil toy doll • Garth Nix • handguns • mighty moustache • monsters • nightcap • ridiculous hat • ruffles • ships • skulls a-poppin' • starfish • strange creature • Subterranean Press • sword • tidal wave • Tom Canty • wand • wraparound cover • WTF