Mar 31
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Max Bathroom Comments: Nobody ever worries about the problems facing disabled superheroes…
Published 1973

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Tagged with: big gun • blindfold • dog • floating person • Patrick Woodroffe • Sphere Books • Vincent King
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
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