Good Show Sir

Oct 07

Tom Hering Comments: Chapter One, paragraph one – “Outside the bedroom window rain dripped steadily from the tall Douglas firs. Isobel Dempster did not have to raise the blinds and look out to know what kind of a day it was. It was wet. It was the first day of June, when the whole world should be bright and sunny, but not the Skagit Valley in the state of Washington. Here it was wet. It was wet here yesterday and would be wet tomorrow, and barring some miracle it would be wet next week too.”

Published 1975

(Average: 8.45 out of 10)

Tagged with: ax-wielding • bandito • BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • blunt weapons • bottle • damsel • dude • epic conflict • exposed brain • Gary Bradner • Good Show Sir • gun • handguns • jeans and a t-shirt • mallet • mighty moustache • nonsensical shadows • once you see it • rope • sombrero hat • space brain • stallone pose • sweaterworld • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF • Zebra Books

Oct 03

Legacy

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Laser pens of the future have got elaborate... Click for full image

Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Jumpsuits… my friend… they are the future. Running, walking, swimming, investigating giant alien blob space ships with your laser ray gun… what can’t you do in one? Practical, unless you need the toilet…
Published 1979

Many thanks to Sarah B!!

(Average: 5.39 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • aliens • BEHIND YOU! • Bob Adragna • booties • catsuit • cleavage • damsel • font problems • frickin laser beams • Haircut 100 • James H. Schmitz • jumpsuit • proportional issues • ray gun • tentacles

Oct 01

Courtship Rite

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SIR... next time please don't court your rite... in the court... or the hallway... Click for full image

Andrea Comments: I get that the artist was trying to convey the strangeness of this world, but she didn’t have to shove so many characters awkwardly together on the page. The guy sitting up on the bed is seriously going to dislocate his shoulder. And on the back cover, there’s the world’s world 80s hair metal outfit (fur legwarmers and matching vest, with bare chest and sandals!)
Published 1982, aka ‘Geta’

(Average: 5.62 out of 10)

Tagged with: bladed weapons • booties • bracers • damsel • Donald Kingsbury • dude • furs • Haircut 100 • muscles • once you see it • Rowena Morrill • tattoo you • Timescape Books • turbans • waistcoat • weird pecs • wraparound cover

Sep 27

Beyond the Blue Moon

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When the School of Medicine accidentally meets with the LARP'ing society! Click for full image

Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: It’ll be just like our D&D game we played last night… except John from Accounting can be the hunk attacking a skeleton… and Dianne the Receptionist can be the sword-wielding damsel in a cape!
Published 2000

(Average: 7.79 out of 10)

Tagged with: ax-wielding • bladed weapons • capes • damsel • dude • font problems • Gollancz Books • Jon Sullivan • once you see it • Orion Books • shiny • Simon R. Green • skeletons • skulls a-poppin' • sword

Sep 26

A History Maker

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Now THIS is a Rogers and Hammerstein I can really appreciate! Click for full UNLEWISED image

Tom Noir Comments: The subset of Sir Walter Scott fans who also like Rollerball is probably about the size of that Roman soldier’s thong.
Published 1996

(Average: 7.10 out of 10)

Tagged with: Alasdair Gray • baldness • cleavage • computers • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • flag • Harvest Books • helmet • inadequate armor • insects • loincloth • male skirts • muscles • once you see it • ships • sky sleigh • space • space sheep • starkers • tattoo you • tidal wave • weird delts • WTF

Sep 24

Earthchild

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It may have been unorthodox... but it was the best gymnastics floor routine the Olympics saw! Click for full image

Dead Stuff With Big Teeth comments: Theodore Sturgeon’s plan was to explain everything about the novel, except the cover. And no, that is not a huge obnoxious lens flare or an errant price tag.
Published 1983

(Average: 6.35 out of 10)

Tagged with: Bantam Books • catsuit • damsel • font problems • ghosts • John Rush • nonsensical shadows • planets • Sharon Webb • WTF

Sep 23

Zelerod’s Doom

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I only know how to draw two horses... so.... we'll just duplicate! Click full image

Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Remember that time you walked in on your parents as they were making your brother? Yeah… if you could sum up all those feelings and put it into the expressions of the main characters, who must be wearing caped onesies. Instant classic… though you might need some more therapy afterwards.
Published 1986

Many thanks to Paul D!

(Average: 7.69 out of 10)

Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • booties • capes • chains • damsel • DAW Books • dude • horses • horses with hairstyles • Jacqueline Lichtenberg • Jean Lorrah • jumpsuit • Sime/Gen • sword • tentacles • Walter Velez

Sep 17

The Demon Breed

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Looks like I picked the wrong day to go swimming in the dark demon forest of deathland! Click for full image

Sarah B Comments: I’m actually quite fond of the James H. Schmitz. I’m mildly obsessed and hope to find more out in the wild to tame for my collection.
Published 1979

(Average: 4.77 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • aliens • anthropomorphism • BEHIND YOU! • Bob Adragna • bracers • cleavage • daemons • damsel • frickin laser beams • handguns • inadequate armor • James H. Schmitz • monsters • otter people • pole weapons • spear • strange creature • utility belt