Jun 09
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Randall Frost Art Direction “I want you to really sell the sea serpent’s scales! I mean really make a gorgeous stained glass mosaic of it! Don’t waste time on the faces. Just make a couple of commas, and BOOM you got yourself a face!”
Published 1982

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Tagged with: archery weapons • Ballantine Books • boat people • Centaur! • damsel • Del Rey Books • dude • font problems • Piers Anthony • sea monster • SFBC • Tony Fiyalko
Jun 01
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Dr Bob Art Direction: Gimme some cavemen in well-laundered loincloths and a mammoth which can scratch the top of its own head with its tusks.
Published 1989

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Tagged with: caveman • font problems • Harry Turtledove • Isaac Asimov • little people • loincloth • mammoth • moon • pole weapons • tusks • Vincent Di Fate • Worldwide Library
May 20
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Stevie T Art Direction: Let’s make the astronaut so dark you can barely see him! And then let’s put the title in an awkward place where it’s hard to read, and make it purple on top of black! Yeah! That’ll convey “space!” To everyone!
Published 1988

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Tagged with: astronaut • Ben Bova • Carol Russo • embossing • font problems • murky murk • Tor Books
May 19
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Bibliomancer Comments: It’s “The OtherWorld” not “The Other World”. Baen doesn’t have time for your punctuation bullshit.
Published 2000

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Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • Clyde Caldwell • crotch armor • damsel • elf • evil children • font problems • handguns • Holly Lisle • Mark Shepherd • Mercedes Lackey • monster • rifle • sword on fire
May 18
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Ryan Comments: Tony Shaloub found the futuristic milk bath rather unexciting.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: dismemberment • dude • font problems • Pocket Books • Thomas M. Disch • Unknown Artist Institute
May 13
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Alice Comments: Upon graduation from the Unknown Artist Institute you have unlimited opportunities as an unpaid intern in the movie poster field.
Published 1978

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • floating head • font problems • little people • mushroom cloud • Roger Zelazny • Sphere Books • Star Wars reference • sweet ride • Unknown Artist Institute
May 04
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JuanPaul Comments: Would August’s prize happen to be blood? Or lips? Or bloody lips?
Published 1985

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Tagged with: call 555-orthodontic-emergency • floating lips • font problems • Kathryn Ptacek • teeth • Tor Books • Unknown Artist Institute • vampires • WTF
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