Jul 04
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction:
“Great, John, you’re here, come see the cover we’ve whipped up for Soldiers vs. Dinosaur Space Centaurs!”
“Uh, my book is just called ‘Soldiers’.”
“Ermmmmm… have you considered adding some dinosaur space centaurs to it?
Published 2001
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Tagged with: Baen Books • Centaur! • David Mattingly • dinosaur • explosions • font problems • frickin laser beams • Good Show Sir • ill-fitting spacesuit • John Dalmas • space • space ship • war
Jul 03
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Frank Comments: This disco looks kind of empty.
Published 1954
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Tagged with: Avon Books • cleavage • damsel • font problems • Nelson Bond • planets • robots • space • space ships • Unknown Artist Institute
Jun 04
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Dead Stuff with Big Teeth Comments: I was visiting my brother in Chicago. I showed him the site. Then we tried to complete the sentence on the cover of this book. Here are our efforts –
THE HERO…has his face stuck in a trash compactor!
…is wearing green gelatin!
…holds snowmen holding rifles in contempt!
…gets to have a double iris!
…has such kissable lips!
…was almost THE HEROT!
…looks like the dude from Aphex Twin!
…knows Christmas colors are the new teal and orange!
Published 2005
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Tagged with: Baen Books • damsel • font problems • helmet • John Ringo • Kurt Miller • war
May 23
YES! It’s not only a bank holiday on Monday but the site is working! Woo! That means we can finally do another Honourable Mentions!
Thanks to all of you who constantly checked the site for over a month to see if it was working again! I missed all your comments, though oddly I actually got some work done. Anyway, I’m back to my normal pace now! Till the site breaks again…
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Scott W’s Art Direction: Ok, I need me a Ben Franklin, some lecherous 18th century dudes copping feels (or having their feels copped) by busty harlots, and oh yeah, can you possibly have Mr. Hundred Dollar Bill ride in on a cardboard lightning bolt with a pleasantly startled expression on his mug?
Published 1980
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Matt Comments: It wasn’t the airplanes. It was chain smoking that killed the beast.
Published 1977
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Ian R Comments: Do you accept old pulp sci-fi magazine covers? I hope you use them, if only because of that… thing on the woman’s neck/shoulder. It looks quite uncomfortable.
Published between 1955 & 1958
BONUS SPECIAL OFFER!
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Tagged with: ape • Arthur C. Clarke • bird hairdo • bracers • cigar • cleavage • damsel • Donald Zochert • dude • electricity • fire • font problems • frickin laser beams • Fritz Leiber • goblet • gun • Harlan Ellison • helicopters • Honourable Mentions • lightning • long haired men • megaphone • monkeys • once you see it • Penguin Science Fiction • pointing • Richard Wilson • space ships • Star Books • suggestive • suits you • tunnels • utility belt • Walter Wager • WTF
Apr 04
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: A naked woman… and a goat’s head! Two of the most Satanic things ever… well, according to Wheatley. So just get them on there, we’ll get the attention of all those 14-year-olds!
Published 1975
Bonus movie trailer: To the Devil… a Daughter
starring Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Nastassja Kinski,
Honor Blackman, and Denholm Elliott
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Tagged with: Arrow Books • cleavage • daemons • Dennis Wheatley • devil woman • devil's dumplings • fire • font problems • goat • horns • I'm melting! • jazz hands • severed head • space sheep • Unknown Artist Institute
Apr 03
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Tom Noir Comments: At last Jimmy Doohan gets a chance to have a story where HE’S the hero, instead of that bozo Bill Shatner!
Published 1997
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Tagged with: Baen Books • David Mattingly • explosions • floating head • font problems • frickin laser beams • James Doohan • mighty moustache • planets • S.M. Stirling • space • space ships • Starline Books • war • white number one
Mar 21
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: I brought in my favourite 90’s computer game. Just grab some stills from it and we’re good to go!
Published 2002
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Tagged with: aeroplanes • aliens • Baen Books • BEHIND YOU! • bubble helmet • crocogator • Dru Blair • dude • font problems • glowing eyes • gun • ill-fitting spacesuit • monsters • once you see it • space ships • spikes
Mar 12
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Good Show Sir Comments: He maybe a daemonic entity trying to steal my soul… but he really can sculpt!
Published 1983 (maybe)
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Tagged with: baldness • baldy bad man • cleavage • daemons • devil's dumplings • font problems • Panther Books • Piers Anthony • space sheep • starkers • statuesque • Tim White • white number three
Mar 07
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Men in capes having a knife fight. Just what I asked for but… only one Ting!? Well alright… we best make the font shiny silver so people might be able to get a real Ting too!
Published 1990
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Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • capes • daggers • dude • font problems • Larry Elmore • Margaret Weis • mullet • once you see it • shiny • Ting! • Tracy Hickman
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