Nov 16
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Ryan Comments: Microcolony! Featuring both the micro-bikini and the left micro-arm.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: archery weapons • Bantam Books • BEHIND YOU! • damsel • dog • dude • Gordon Williams • little people • Lou Feck
Jun 05
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Jonathan Art Direction: The Styx? OK, we need a boat. Give the boat eyes. No, give it two sets of eyes. And some empty eye sockets. And bat wings and a frog. And a hand coming out of a skull holding a rubber spider. Oh, don’t forget the boatman needs to have the author’s face.
Published 1984

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Tagged with: author on the cover • Bluejay books • dog • embossing • figurehead • frog • I see dead people • naked people standing in boats • Rowena Morrill • Theodore Sturgeon
Feb 27
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Tor Mented Art Direction: “Here’s my wife’s glamour-studio photo. Turn it into a painting. You’ll have a generic cover, and I’ll have an anniversary gift. Two birds, one stone.”
Published 1994

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Tagged with: Ace Books • big hair • damsel • Dawn Wilson • dog • font problems • glamour • Robin McKinley
Aug 21
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It’s a Two-Fer Tuesday – Lucky Starr Edition!
Good Show Sir Comments:
1. Bad dog! Get back here and spit out the Captain!
2. Scooby Doo, where are you? Seriously.
Published 1957, 1978
Thanks to Alison for sending one in!

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Tagged with: Albert Orbaan • dog • Doubleday Books • dude • evil children • Fawcett Books • fight club • font problems • frickin laser beams • Isaac Asimov • John Berkey • Jupiter • little people • moon • Paul French • proportional issues • rocket • shoulder pads • tank
Aug 08
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Good Show Sir Comments: My wish was for a Playboy Fantasy and the genie handed me this.
Published 1981

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Tagged with: big hair • bladed weapons • booties • capes • crotch armor • damsel • dog • dude • Fernando Fernandez • gams • giant bird • Playboy Paperbacks • Robert E. Vardeman • spear • sword • Victor Milan
Nov 14
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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – Dem Bones Edition
Gully Foyle Comments: Yahoo! Mountain Dew!
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Piper Comments: The cover is very literal: a skeleton solving his own murder with the dog.
Published 1986, 2013

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Tagged with: banjo • baseball cap • Berkley Books • blood • bones • dead eyes • dog • fantastical rock star • Leigh Perry • skeletons • Stephen Gresham • two-fer • Unknown Artist Institute • What's on TV? • Zebra Books
Sep 26
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Good Show Sir Comments: Tech support guy shows up to troubleshoot the Norman’s old iMac.
Published 1985

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Tagged with: Baen Books • computers • dog • dude • font problems • gibberish title • helmet • John Dalmas • Kevin Johnson • Norman • once you see it
May 12
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Good Show Sir Comments: Robot! I’ve been waiting an eternity for my check. Have the valet bring my car around. It’s the surrey with the fringe on top.
Published 1986

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • cars • Clifford D. Simak • David Schleinkofer • dog • dude • none more black • robot • WTF
Jul 18
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Winged Wolf Comments: An excellent series, and one of my favourites. This scene actually appears in the book, and is depicted fairly accurately. Except for the tentacles. They never get the tentacles right.
Published 1983

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Tagged with: architectural framing • DAW Books • death • dog • Don Maitz • evil children • Jacqueline Lightenberg • Jean Lorrah • jeans and a t-shirt • proportional issues • Sime/Gen • Sir Mix-A-Lot • strange creature • tentacles
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