Jun 08
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April’s Art Direction: So there’s this cosmic checkerboard, right? And on it we’ll have Alexander the Great, a Samurai, and Napoleon just kind of chilling out, each in their own separate square, completely unaware of anything around them.Now we just sit back and wait for the money to roll in.
Published 1995

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • Don Dixon • dude • font problems • Newt Gingrich • William R. Forstchen • WTF
Jun 03
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Published 1972
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Published 1980
Whitney Comments: I’m sending in two different covers of the same book. They are both wretched.

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • Dean Ellis • evil book • evil children • font problems • John Wyndham • sky-eyes • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
May 26
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Scot’s Art Direction: For this one we’re going dystopian agony. So, nuclear explosion! And a prison wall with people falling from it to their deaths, but get this, the wall is also a screaming face! With an eyeball being stabbed by a needle! That’s the stuff.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: Christopher Priest • eye-yi-yi • Pan Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
May 23
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Joachim Comments: A boy with a weird pseudo-beard in turtleneck gyroscoping in space…
Published 1980

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • evil children • Gertrude Freidberg • Ron Discenza • space • WTF
May 20
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Art Direction: Look this is the 70’s! Who doesn’t have a LSD induced swirling vision of a womans face while walking around topless and carrying their longbow? I had one last night. Just draw, or you don’t get any happy juice!
Published 1973

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Tagged with: damsel • DAW Books • dude • E.C. Tubb • Kelly Freas • longbow • magic • muscles • once you see it • WTF
May 18
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Art Direction: Look I’m so sci-fi medical expertician but, the inevitable side effect of putting crystals in your eyes has got to be a large head, baldness and a lack of lips. Maybe the loss of chest hair too.
Published 1975
Thanks to Whitney for sending this in!

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Tagged with: baldness • Ballantine Books • crystal • dude • eye-yi-yi • Gene Szafran • glowing eyes • Michael Bishop • stairway to heaven • WTF
May 17
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: If your boyfriend doesn’t want his face on the cover, tell him to look away!
Published 1995

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Tagged with: dude • font problems • John Jude Palencar • muscles • Roc Books • Valerie J. Freireich • WTF
May 13
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Art Direction: Lets get this done with, I have a squash game to get to! Right, got it! Half women, the topless half I might add and half… I don’t know… Golden retriever?
Published 1977

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Tagged with: Anne McCaffrey • anthropomorphism • B. Longley • Centaur! • Chad Oliver • cleavage • damsel • Dean R. Koontz • dog people • Edgar Pangborn • Gene Wolfe • Philip José Farmer • Poul Anderson • Roger Elwood • Star Books • strange creature • Thomas N. Scortia • WTF • yellow number one
May 12
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Richard Comments: Watching youtube videos of cats, Lucas Hutchman literally had his mind blown.
Published 1976

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Tagged with: Bob Shaw • Corgi Books • dude • explosion • maths! • mind: blown • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
May 11
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Submitted by Frank through our facebook fan page! Fans, who are worthy of respect! Well… when they’re not getting drunk and having a big ole facebook party! Those crazy kids!
Published 1979

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Tagged with: Andrews & McMeel Books • bird • Conger Beasley Jr • dude • floating face • floating person • lizards • muscles • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
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