Apr 08
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Typical blonde helpless maiden, possibly a wench from the local drinkery. Then a typical bartender looking guy with perm, a wooden magic wand, a glowing wrist band and a red misty entity coming from the side. Come on… do I have to think of everything?!?!

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Tagged with: Ace Books • damsel • Deborah Chester • embossing • Haircut 100 • magic • Michael Herring • shiny • Sword the Ring and the Chalice series • wand
Mar 19

Art direction: I have two words for you: Magic Fireball! Have some leather clad guy holding an old school hunting rife casting it. Just make sure that the fireball is purple! Magic is purple…. right?
Thanks to CSA!

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Tagged with: Corean Chronicles series • damsel • Daniel Horne • dude • gun • L.E. Modesitt Jr. • leather • magic • magical orbs • rifle • Tor Books
Dec 12

Good Show Sir comments: The New Adventures of Lando and Barbarella
Published 1976

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Tagged with: cape • cleavage • damsel • dude • George Alec Effinger • Lou Feck • rocket • Warner Books
Jul 24
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Tom Noir Comments: This is taken from an actual photograph of the cover model fleeing Baen Headquarters.
Published 2005

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Tagged with: Baen Books • BEHIND YOU! • birds • damsel • David Mattingly • font problems • Good Show Sir • helmet • portal to another world • starkers • Steve White
Nov 25
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Helicopter, desert… naked women floating in the air being hit by a beam of energy. Sorry? That’s actually in the book? Well, there’s a turn of luck!
Published 1989

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Tagged with: damsel • devil's dumplings • helicopters • Jack L. Chalker • New English Library • once you see it • orange number two • space sheep • starkers • Unknown Artist Institute • wilderness
Oct 11
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Frank Comments: It’s a decent painting of a scene in the story, but there’s plenty uncovered boobs involved even if they’re small and not so obviously nipply. Have you got enough Space Sheep for this sort of situation?
Published 1978
That’s a lot of Space Sheep!

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Tagged with: A. Bertram Chandler • booties • chucky the evil toy doll • DAW Books • devil's dumplings • dwarf • Good Show Sir • gun • H.R. Van Dongen • jumpsuit • once you see it • porthole • space sheep • space ships
Mar 25
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Phil’s Art Direction: Who’s a cute little Harlie? Now, keep still for the cover artist, there’s a good little cyborg. When you grow up, you’ll be a famous writer and have your face on your own book!
Published 1975

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Tagged with: baldness • Ballantine Books • computers • cybernetics • cyborg • David Gerrold • evil children • font problems • half a face • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
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