Good Show Sir

May 22

Good Show Sir Comments: “Waving UFOs to their arrival gates. That’s all I do.”

Published 1946

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

Tagged with: bathing cap • boredom • Century Books • dude • Harold M. Sherman • none more green • rocket • shoulder pads • toga • Unknown Artist Institute

Aug 27

Listen! The Stars!

22 Comments »

Needz! Moar! Bangs! Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Working as a radio DJ was not the dream job he expected it to be.

Published 1963

(Average: 7.25 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • boredom • damsel • dude • Ed Emshwiller • John Brunner • nip slip • perspective problems • radio • sky-eyes • stars • strange creature • Ting! • visible waves

Jul 05

Sixth Column

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Tag Wizard Comments: Somebody ask John Melo and Hank Davis if it’s OK to make fun of this cover.

And, oh yeah, you might remember this from here.

Published 1949

(Average: 7.71 out of 10)

Tagged with: atoms • beard-wielding • BEHIND YOU! • boredom • chains • damsel • Edd Cartier • Gnome Press • halo • holy man • I'm melting! • old-timer • pole weapon • Robert A. Heinlein • smarty pants • swami • turban hat • white-clothed protagonist

Apr 16

The Captain

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Just chillin' in ye olde beane bag chair Click for larger image

JuanPaul Comments: “Haters gonna hayaaate”
Published 1992

(Average: 5.32 out of 10)

Tagged with: bean bag chair • boredom • damsel • Dorian Vallejo • dude • font problems • handheld beverage container of Germanic origin (tankard) • John Norman • Questar Books • sexytime • throne

Feb 20

The Day the World Ended

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Bibliomancer Comments: Apocalypse Yow.
Published 1964

(Average: 8.20 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • baldness • bats • boredom • font problems • moon • neo-jesus • rocket • Sax Rohmer • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Dec 07

Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors’ item in its own way – not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of …

OK, that’s just a Rod Serling Night Gallery quote I copped off of IMDB. But here, for your consideration, are three cover submissions that didn’t make the cut. Not because they aren’t terrible. Not because they are based on a franchise. Not because they are parody or comedy. Not because … well, just because …

Boob Tube? Click for larger image