Nov 15
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Good Show Sir Comments:
There once was a hero named Blade
Who travelled through space to get laid
Wrapped his arse in a muff
Cause he thought it looked buff
Now the ladies are running away ‘fraid
Published 1972
Read all about this exciting adventure on the back cover.
You might remember this from here.

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Tagged with: big hair • bladed weapons • damsel • hunkbutt • Jack Faragasso • Jeffrey Lord (aka Manning Lee Stokes) • lizard • Macfadden Books • muscles • Richard Blade • Sir Mix-A-Lot • starkers
Dec 16
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Ryan Comments: Ronald MacDonald was very pleased with himself: having divested himself of his clown outfit, he could still eat anything and show no ill-effects.
Published 1970

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Tagged with: baldness • balls • clown • damsel • Dell Books • disembodied head • dude • font problems • glow • perspective problems • Ron Goulart • Ron Walotsky
May 22
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Rachel and Thomas comment: In the book, the cover girl struggles with anxiety, depression, an estranged family, substance abuse, an eating disorder, self-harming, fits of violence, illiteracy, poor self-esteem, and the titular lycanthropy. It is just plain cruel to make her poorly drawn as well.
Published 2014

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Tagged with: A.B. Bergman • damsel • little black dress • long hair • Martin Millar • moon • nonsensical shadows • Soft Skull Press • werewolf
May 01
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Tat Wood Comments: I just popped back to France and found some more ripe examples of 70s French cover-art. This has all the worst features of inept collage but was painstakingly painted by a professional artist.
Published 1978
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Tagged with: alien landscape • devil's dumplings • floating lips • French • hair on fire • lizard • moons • Presses Pocket • Robert Sheckley • ruins • shell • starkers • Wojtek Siudmak • WTF
Dec 11
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Kang N. Kodos Comments: I’m getting a negative vibe off this cover.
Published 1996

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • Bruce Jensen • damsel • Deborah Christian • font problems • galaxies • half a face • half cover • negatives • space • Tor Books
Sep 05
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Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Comments: PUSH HIM! PUSH HIM!
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Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Comments: The back side, featuring the least appealing excerpt ever proffered on this Web site.
Published 1973
You might remember this from here.

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Tagged with: damsel • dude • fire • font problems • hunkbutt • Jeffrey Lord (aka Manning Lee Stokes) • muscles • ocean • Pinnacle Books • Richard Blade • ships • spear • starkers • tasteful smoke • Unknown Artist Institute • weird pecs
Jan 19

Charles comments: The photographer probably told the models this would end up in the next issue of Vogue.
Published 1970
You might remember this from here. And here.

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • damsel • Franco Grignani • I'm melting! • John Brunner • Penguin Science Fiction • WTF
Jan 19
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Ryan Comments: Is the first of the stories about restraining a gigantic alien and performing multiple amputations, in space?
Published 1987

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • David Mattingly • font problems • James White • space cadets • space ship • strange creature • strapping outfit
Nov 03
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Ryan Art Direction: “Yeah, it’s another Van Vogt. Let’s see, paint up a haggard floozy, Evil Blue Buddha, and the guy from the cover of the first Enigma album. Also make sure none of the furniture has any visible means of support.”
Published 1979

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Tagged with: A.E. van Vogt • baldy bad man • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • faceless • hoodie • Jim Souder • starkers • throne
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