Good Show Sir

Jan 15

MisterBOB Comments: I imagine if this art was released as a poster, thousands of ten year girls would buy it, because they know that real magic glows, all the time, day or night.
Published 1998

(Average: 6.81 out of 10)

Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • bridge • castle • damsel • Danny Flynn • fairies • font problems • glow • Unicorns! • Vera Chapman • Vista Books

Jan 01

Flashback Friday: Old Year Sum Up 2013

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Yes another year has passed and we have been through a lot. There’s been a overall disappointing 1000th Good Show Sir post, and a few cat people… oh and some real world stuff but who cares about that! I am of course kidding about our special 1000th post, it was excellent, well thought through and certainly wasn’t rushed. I do want to say a special thanks to the Tag Wizard, he’s been a real help over the past year! His skills are excellent and highly sought after so please continue to suggest your own tags to give him more work!

Once again no one has topped the ever strong I Sing the Body Electric, even with Chinese Good Show Sir making web imps to screw around with our delicate voting system.

2014 brings our 5 year anniversary and hopefully we’ll have something fun and actually well thought through! No promises though!

So here are some excellent covers to sum up the year! We’ll be back on Monday 6th Jan 2014 posting as normal, so that’s whenever we can be bothered!

This years top rated cover:

Look at me... you think I'd turn down an aardvark? Click for original post

The second top rated cover:

Don could only panic as he realised a normal woman had joined his odd parade! lsdjf;sp Click for original post

The Tag Wizard’s pick of the year:

Well... whatever you do don't take me to the butt lines! Click for original post

And the cover that of spawned the infamous, “The Comments that Came to Sarnath,” incident!

Anyone got more words that rhyme with doom? Good luck! Click for original post

(Average: 8.27 out of 10)

Tagged with: Algis Budrys • aliens • August Derleth • ax-wielding • Ballantine Books • bandito • BEHIND YOU! • bird people • bladed weapons • blunt weapons • bottle • bridge • castle • Chad Oliver • cleavage • damsel • Don Marquis • dude • epic conflict • Eric Frank Russell • exposed brain • fish people • font problems • Fredric Brown • Fritz Leiber • Gary Bradner • Gervasio Gallardo • ghosts • Good Show Sir • Graham Doar • gun • H.G. Wells • H.P. Lovecraft • handguns • Idris Seabright • Isaac Asimov • jeans and a t-shirt • John Collier • John D. MacDonald • John Holmes • Judith Merril • L. Sprague De Camp • landscape face • lava • Lion Books • lizards • mallet • Margaret St Clair • mighty moustache • monsters • moon • muscles • muslces • nonsensical shadows • Old Year Sum Up • omnibus • once you see it • R. Desaint • recursive cover • robots • rope • skulls a-poppin' • sombrero hat • space brain • stallone pose • strange creature • sweaterworld • T.L. Sherred • Theodore Sturgeon • Unknown Artist Institute • Walter M. Miller Jr • WTF • Zebra Books

Jul 31

The Snow Queen

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Next... on Sex in the Snow Crystal Castle of Estabreem! Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: Sick of the cheesy, over-wrought covers being inflicted on her books by artists, Mercedes Lackey hires a photographer.
Published 2009

(Average: 7.37 out of 10)

Tagged with: castle • cloaks • crystal • damsel • glow • lens flare • Luna Books • magic • Mercedes Lackey • robes • Unknown Artist Institute • wand

Apr 25

The Doom That Came to Sarnath

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My photoshop skilz know no bounds! Just look at that... ok ok... I need coffee! Click for full image

Sarah J Comments: Zombie squirrel head people, plus inflatable attention getting thing, hang out at Sarnath: Bokrug the detestable water lizard looks on.
Published 1971

(Average: 6.61 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Bokrug the Water Lizard • castle • font problems • Gervasio Gallardo • H.P. Lovecraft • landscape face • lizards • moon • omnibus • skulls a-poppin' • strange creature • wraparound cover • WTF

Mar 22

The Demon Apostle

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Even death won't stop high street charity collectors... Click for full image

Jon H Comments: I like how the angry old muppet is about to just SLAP that woman.
Published 2000

(Average: 6.42 out of 10)

Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Alan Pollack • baldness • baldy bad man • bladed weapons • blunt weapons • bracers • capes • castle • club • daemons • damsel • dude • font problems • ghosts • Haircut 100 • horses • muscles • once you see it • R.A. Salvatore • sword

Jan 18

Beyond Lich Gate

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Lich Gate? Seems more like an archway to me... Click for full image

Jered Comments: It’s seriously like the artist used pictures of existing pop culture icons to model their characters. Matthew Broderick for the hero, Hoggle from Labyrinth for the goblin dude, and possibly Joey Fatone for the dwarf.
Published 1994

(Average: 6.10 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • architectural framing • castle • dude • dwarf • horses • Maren • monsters • shields • Steven Frankos

Nov 07

The Ozark Trilogy

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Say the right words and this is what happens on every seaside donkey ride... Click for full image

Joseph Comments: Beautiful woman rides an enchanted jackass. Incidentally, this is how I view most of my female friends and their respective relationship partners.
Published 1982

(Average: 8.48 out of 10)

Tagged with: capes • castle • damsel • donkey • floating horse • flying • font problems • glow • horses • Karen G. Jollie • magic • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • once you see it • pony • Suzette Haden Elgin • Tony Fiyalko • wand • WTF

Jun 07

Bad Prince Charlie

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A novel!! I thought I was buying a DVD!!! Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: After Charlie overheard Bob and Martha talking about ‘swinging’ together he knew that he must learn more.
Published 2006

(Average: 6.32 out of 10)

Tagged with: "a novel" • Ace Books • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • castle • damsel • dude • font problems • John Moore • sword • Walter Velez

Jun 01

Honourable Mentions 10

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Another bank holiday approaches for those in the UK! And also something about celebrating some sort of zombie vampire’s diamond jubilee… so I hear. So we might be taking a break until Wednesday while we sharpen our stakes and resurrect Peter Cushing to stop the foul beast!

So for our honourable mentions we have a collection of books about J. R. R. Tolkien and one about C. S. Lewis. These are simply fantastic and have all been sent in by Missie Kay so a big thanks to her!

Enjoy the covers and if you are benefiting from a long weekend, like me, I hope you enjoy it!

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