Jul 05
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Good Show Sir Comments: From a review: “The front cover is rather interesting, as it depicts Albert Einstein, General Ike Eisenhower, and former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini together. Unlike the past two book covers, this cover actually depicts a scene that happens in the book — without the jet, however.”
Published 1996

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Tagged with: aeroplanes • Ballantine Books • dude • Einstein • Harry Turtledove • Ike • Il Duce • Stan Watts
Mar 04

Good Show Sir Comments: Super-duper-human
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!
Published 1971

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Tagged with: A.E. van Vogt • BEHIND YOU! • Dell Books • dude • monster • muscles • Unknown Artist Institute
Apr 20
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Mad Max Comments: First you get high. Then you die … by octopi.
Published 1999

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • cephalopod • damsel • eye-yi-yi • glow • handguns • Lisa Smedman • Peter Peebles • Roc Books • Spock ears • suits you
Feb 04
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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – Hook 2 4 U!
Good Show Sir Comments:
1. The worst thing about being a politician is having to shake the voters’ hands.
2. Hook Paper Dolls: Cut along dotted line
Published 1974

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • bighanditis • crotch armor • damsel • dude • fire • font problems • fungi • Haircut 100 • handguns • jumpsuit • Kenneth Bulmer • little people • New English Library • once you see it • Peter Goodfellow • Pinnacle Books • Tully Zetford • Unknown Artist Institute
May 14
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Nightmare… Blue… well we can put some blue on the cover. But how do we get across… nightmare? I say that like I don’t already know the answer. Two words, cat person… with a light bulb syringe.
Published 1977

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • cat people • cloaks • Fontana Science Fiction • Gardner Dozois • George Alec Effinger • Justin Todd • once you see it • strange creature • Ting! • WTF
Feb 29
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GK Comments: When you point your finger at someone, there are three pointing back at you.
Published 2004
Tag Wizard Comments: We’re on holiday this week. Enjoy these blasts from the past!

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Tagged with: Baen Books • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • gun • jazz hands • Kurt Miller • monsters • Timothy Zahn
Oct 29
“You have to have a sense of humor, darling, to be alive. Even a bit mad. It helps to be mad.”
Peter Cushing
Welcome readers to a world of fear, pain, man-tigers, wizards, mind bending horror and damsels in distress. Here we have a collection of the scariest covers sent in by our followers, or should I call them… minions! mu HA HA HA HAAAAA!
Anyway, I hope people have a good Halloween weekend and if you are dressing up or at least watching the fabulous 1958 Hammer Horror version of Dracula, I hope you all have a great time.
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Libraryman’s Art Direction: Ok, now this is a scary book right? Well, what’s better than skulls? Am I right? I want a big one though, yeah I don’t care that real skulls don’t look that big, what am I an anatomist?? Oh and a crab claw. Gotta have a crab claw.
Published 1987
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Neil’s Art Direction: A flooded city burns in the background, they’ll be a rotting head in the water. Nah, thats not enough, lets add something else. A toad maybe.
Published 1993

Graham’s Art Direction: This is a collection of horror stories by a world-famous author, so I really want you to go to town on the cover art. Try and capture the gothic-horror aspect: make the reader feel that these stories could be taking place right now in his own neighborhood. [looks at this quarter’s finances] Ah, never mind, we’ll just send them something from one of those sci-fi books that got canceled.
Published 1976

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Tagged with: aliens • bladed weapons • death • Guy N. Smith • John Stchur • Piatkus Books • Ray Bradbury • space • St Martin's Press • strange creature
May 01

Max Bathroom comments: “The Raymond Chandler of SF”, my arse: Gibson’s blatantly doing Ian Fleming in this one.
Published 2000

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Tagged with: balls • dice • dude • skulls a-poppin' • Steve Stone • sunglasses • swingin' medallion • top hat • Voyager Books • William Gibson
Apr 12

Good Show Sir comments: “Take the jab, dammit!”
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!
You might remember this from here.
Published 1954

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Tagged with: drug paraphernalia • eye-yi-yi • Fantasy Press • John T. Brooks • John Taine
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