Mar 10
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Vincent Comments: To be fair, the cover blurb says that it is “different” and judging by the illustration, which I cannot even comprehend, I think that’s very fair.
Published 1969

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Tagged with: cleavage • damsel • dude • Hughes Cooper • moon • muscles • Paperback Library • planets • Robert Foster • sexytime • space • starkers • suggestive • WTF
Mar 07
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Men in capes having a knife fight. Just what I asked for but… only one Ting!? Well alright… we best make the font shiny silver so people might be able to get a real Ting too!
Published 1990

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Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • capes • daggers • dude • font problems • Larry Elmore • Margaret Weis • mullet • once you see it • shiny • Ting! • Tracy Hickman
Mar 03
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John C Comments: Look, you wanted me to modernise the planet so I went to IKEA and got one of their “Flty” anti-gravity beds. It’s not my fault half the bits are missing and the instructions don’t make sense.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: blue number six • blue number two • boats • dude • geometric oddities • gibberish title • Jack Vance • Mayflower Books • naked people standing in boats • none more black • Peter Goodfellow • pole weapons • spear • strange artifact
Feb 21
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: We need something to symbolise life… like a man breaking out of a box, a box that’s sort of shaped like a man. I know! Put Alfred Hickcock’s head on that box as a hunky man breaks free! What doesn’t that say about life?
Published 1983 or 1986

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Tagged with: abstraction • dude • font problems • Grafton Books • Granada Books • muscles • Piers Anthony • proportional issues • starkers • statuesque • Unknown Artist Institute
Feb 20
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Benjamin Comments: The French translation of, “The Destruction of the Temple.” Barry N. Malzberg’s deconstruction of the JFK assassination through the kaleidoscope of SF and worthy Good Show Sir contender!
Published 1974
You might remember this from here.

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Tagged with: Barry N. Malzberg • blood • cross • crucifix • dude • fire • flag • French • I'm melting! • J'ai Lu books • metropolitan apocalypse • muscles • my head aplode • neo-jesus • once you see it • Philip Caza • political figure • scrolls • USA! USA! • weird pecs
Feb 19
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Bibliomancer’s Art Direction: Sorry Mr. Burroughs but your first Mars book didn’t sell many copies in our Southern bookstores. Perhaps you need a more menacing villain. Our new cover artist has some fresh ideas.
Published 1952

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • daggers • dude • Edgar Rice Burroughs • font problems • Frank E. Schoonover • gun • headband • long haired men • male skirts • Methuen Books • racism • sword • tiara
Feb 17
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Good Show Sir Comments: Look out Jeff, we’ve got a T-Rex… and he doesn’t look impressed with my one-piece body suit.
Published 1975
Many thanks to Erin for sending this in!

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • booties • catsuit • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • dino-mites • dinosaur • dude • Keith Laumer • Michael Whelan • mountains • muscles • pole weapon • proportional issues • staff • surprised dinosaur • utility belt
Feb 12
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: So, I hear you have been seeing my daughter. Good artwork, my boy… be a real pity if someone would mess it up with a terrible grey cover plaque… wouldn’t it…
Published 1990

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Tagged with: capes • daemons • dude • forest • glow • Legend Books • magic • mighty moustache • mountains • Peter Morwood • staff • Unknown Artist Institute
Feb 06
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Scott Comments: A lone hero stands off against… the Abominable Snowman with prosthetic jackhammer hands???
Published 1967

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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • frickin laser beams • Kelly Freas • Kenneth Bulmer • monsters • once you see it • strapping outfit • teeth
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