Feb 18
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Zoom in to further enjoy Fire Dancer, Dancer’s Luck, and Dancer’s Illusion!
Good Show Sir Comments: One of our little birds sent us a link to the Smart Bitches Trashy Books blog from a few years past, wallowing in the glory of terrible Ann Maxwell book covers. We’ve skewered a few in the past such as this one, and this one. This Signet series of “Dancer Series” covers has us doffing out hat and saying Good Show Sir! Good show, indeed.
Sadly, all three covers are by a graduate of the Unknown Artist Institute, as per isfdb.org.
Published 1982, 1983

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Tagged with: Ann Maxwell • damsel • Dancer Series • dog collar • dogs • dude • fingerbeams • lens flare • muscles • Signet Books • starkers • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute
May 14
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Tor Mented Comments: If you think his tunic is in bad shape, you should see what they’ve done to his slippers.
Published 1998
You might remember this from here.

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Tagged with: chains • DAW Books • dog collar • dogs • dude • font problems • Haircut 100 • Jody Lee • Kate Elliott
May 22
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Dogs? Bats? Whatever… just make sure they’re all wearing scary dentures!
Published 1999

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Tagged with: dogs • dude • Kate Elliott • Melvin Grant • Orbit • strange creature • teeth
Sep 11
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Frank Comments: So much going on that it burns your eyes, or maybe you’ll put an eye out, it’s hard to tell!
Published 1959

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • birds • blood • dogs • dude • E. Everett Evans • frickin laser beams • giant insects • Kelly Freas • Pyramid Books • shoulder pads • space • space ships
Oct 01
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Anne’s Art Direction: It’s a book of short stories by one of the most lyrical authors in the universe? I know, we’ll put a ripped blond naked guy on the front with something or other covering his nibbits. How about a tiger head? That sends the right sort of message, don’t you think? Then we’ll surround him with some dobermans for good measure. To top it off, we definitely need three different fonts but also distract everyone with an aurora border.
Published 1978
Many thanks to Anne!

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Tagged with: clouds • Dell Books • dogs • dude • Edgar Pangborn • fantastical rock star • font problems • Good Show Sir • long haired men • muscles • starkers • strange creature • tigers • Unknown Artist Institute
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