Good Show Sir

Jul 25

JuanPaul Art Direction: Sorry, Marc, but we can’t afford to pay an artist. We’re going to use a screenshot of my kids’ Everquest characters.

Published 2003

(Average: 8.05 out of 10)

Tagged with: bear • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • booties • crotch armor • dude • Echelon Press • long haired men • Marc Vun Kannon • sandals • Unknown Artist Institute

Jul 05

Sixth Column

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Tighty Whitey Click for larger image

Tag Wizard Comments: Somebody ask John Melo and Hank Davis if it’s OK to make fun of this cover.

And, oh yeah, you might remember this from here.

Published 1949

(Average: 7.56 out of 10)

Tagged with: atoms • beard-wielding • BEHIND YOU! • boredom • chains • damsel • Edd Cartier • Gnome Press • halo • holy man • I'm melting! • old-timer • pole weapon • Robert A. Heinlein • smarty pants • swami • turban hat • white-clothed protagonist

Jul 02

King Chondos’ Ride

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Ed Grimley, Action Hero Click for larger image

JuanPaul Comments: Party in the front, business in the back! It’s a reverse mullet!

Published 1982

(Average: 6.53 out of 10)

Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • clouds • dude • glow • Haircut 100 • Kirk Reinert • old-timer • once you see it • Paul Edwin Zimmer • Playboy Paperbacks • ruins • sweet ride • The Dark Border Series • tights • waistcoat

Jun 21

Swords of the Barbarians

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Party on, Garth Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: In the tradition of Onan.

Published 1976

(Average: 6.42 out of 10)

Tagged with: beard-wielding • Belmont Books • bighanditis • booties • busy hands • damsel • dude • Faux-nan • flying dinosaurs • Ken Barr • Kenneth Bulmer • sexytime • sword

Jun 12

Web of Wind

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You're in prison for your crimes against fashion! Click for larger image

Wendy Comments: Ladies, be sure you have the appropriate head size before your next boob job.

Enjoy the wraparound cover.

Published 1987

(Average: 5.90 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • anatomical issues • beard-wielding • cleavage • crotch armor • damsel • dude • fashion • font problems • Haircut 100 • headband • J.F. Rivkin • jailbird • Luis Royo • scarf • shoulder pads • sticks • wraparound cover

Jun 05

New Writings in SF.27

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Another brilliant Zeus disguise Click for larger image

Rick Deckard Comments: “If I said I didn’t love you I’d be lion”

You might remember this series from here and here.

Published 1977

(Average: 6.35 out of 10)

Tagged with: animals with faces • beard-wielding • Corgi Books • damsel • devil's dumplings • dome • forest • George Underwood • Kenneth Bulmer • lion people • moon • New Writings In SF series • once you see it • sexytime • space sheep • starkers • WTF

Apr 03

Fancies and Goodnights

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Every Book Complete Nonsense Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Aren’t you a little overdressed, cover guy?
Published 1953

(Average: 5.79 out of 10)

Tagged with: Bantam Books • beard-wielding • bighanditis • Charles Binger • damsel • dude • fedora hat • font problems • god • John Collier • little people • people in bottles • starkers

Mar 29

Redbeard

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Never before punished Click for larger image

Dunwiddie Comments: This guy is having way too much fun.
Published 1969

(Average: 6.90 out of 10)

Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • dude • Faux-nan • ginger • Kelly Freas • Lancer Science Fiction • Mike Resnick • mob rules • muscles • once you see it • severed head • sixpack abs

Mar 22

Honourable Mentions 18

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Magazines, franchise books, paper dolls and “non-fiction” occult. We have a potpourri jamboree here for another in our continuing series of Honourable Mentions. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Now add a pinch of Picard Click for larger image

Erik Tollstedt Comments: I want an image of Ernest Hemingway. He should be sitting on a purple couch in outer space. There should be papers flying away from his lap. Also, I’d like to see Ernest Hemingway’s head explode. But not in the normal way. It should explode into several other heads, one of them a sleeping hispanic man, and the other Emperor Ming. And have some sort of purple beam shoot out of his brain too. Yeah, that will convey “creative genius” like nothing else.
Published 1990

Laser Rhodan Click for larger image