Oct 12
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Diggler’s Art Direction: Lets put a big black phallic symbol on a moon surface and have the men running in fear while the women gawk.
Published 1954

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • damsel • dude • giant space needle • Jerry Sohl • Richard Powers • space • WTF
Oct 10
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Kim Comments: Steve Strange meets Rumpelstiltskin.
Published 1972

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Tagged with: damsel • dude • I'm melting! • Kurt Vonnegut Jr • Panther Books • perspective problems • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Oct 09
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Frank Comments: Cover art by Gino D’Achille. Who I note wasn’t afraid to paint a lady warrior with a bit of convexity where her tummy should be. I approve!
Published 1978

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Tagged with: Ansen Dibell • bladed weapons • capes • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • dude • Gino D'Achille • loincloth • mullet • muscles • shortbow • strange creature
Oct 08
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Nina’s Art Direction: Draw me the story of a ghost…of a woman…in her pants, with a cat, and John Lennon. In a wooden cabin, flying through the sky. Yes, draw THAT ghost story.
Published 1985 (maybe)

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Tagged with: damsel • devil's dumplings • ghosts • Hill House Publishing • Peter Straub • space sheep • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Oct 03
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Ian Comments: Cigar smoking bunny… what more is there to say? If only that knife had a ting!
Published 1991
Maybe breaking our joke onto the genre rule… oh well.

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • beret hat • bikini • bladed weapons • cleavage • Craig Shaw Gardner • daggers • damsel • dude • fedora hat • fire • horns • lava • monsters • once you see it • rabbit people • suits you • trenchcoat • volcano • Walter Velez • WTF
Sep 25
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Vincent’s Art Direction: So here’s what I’m thinking. A man and a woman in a landfill. I want the woman tastefully nude, so have the man covering her naughty bits even though they’re standing about twenty feet apart. Lastly, have an army of giant preying mantises coming over the hill.
Published 1976

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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • cleavage • damsel • dude • giant insects • Jack Woolhiser • jeans and a t-shirt • monsters • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • starkers • strange creature
Sep 24
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Nanoalchemist Comments: The first 49 shades of grey apparently involved space furries. And giant furry based robots. And a bubble helmet, so you know it’s in space.
Published 2010

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • cat people • Chris Moore • damsel • DAW Books • frickin laser beams • gun • Lisanne Norman • robots • space • space suit • strange creature • WTF
Sep 21
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MisterBob Comments: I think a GRYPHON is like a griffin, but hunts ladies of the night?
Published 1989

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Tagged with: Avon Books • damsel • font problems • glowing eyes • Ken Barr • magic • monsters • nonsensical shadows • strange creature • Ting! • Tom Deitz
Sep 20
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Clay Comments:This junior-high rendition of what seems to be a mad scientist and his platinum-haired babe along with their webbed victims has absolutely nothing to do with this book. Bryant is a very literary writer with a New Wave bent.
Published 1974

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Tagged with: baldness • Collier Books • damsel • dude • Edward Bryant • Gray Morrow • Haircut 100 • space ships • WTF
Sep 17
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Scott B Comments: Compared with the Fantasy People of “The Cache”, the Science Fiction People have proven to be much more dangerous at breaking out of their enclosure.
Published 1976

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Tagged with: Ace Books • architectural framing • beard-wielding • Carlos Ochagavia • computers • damsel • dude • Leigh Brackett • planets • space ships
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