Oct 17
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Jaouad’s Art Direction: This author sells multi-millions, so I was thinking huge laserdisc with some vaguely operatic characters on it, flying across a landscape of red crystals with a ridiculously large moon in the background. Also a beach girl.
Published 1992
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Tagged with: computers • crystal • damsel • dude • font problems • Grafton Books • jester • moon • Piers Anthony • planets • robes • Steve Crisp • virtual world • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Oct 15
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: I’m still going through this in my head but surely we can have a man carrying away his damsel on a large fluffy cat beast… beast…bea…breasts! That’s it! Just make sure to have breasts on there too!
Published 1978
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Tagged with: beast-riding • capes • Chris Achilleos • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • font problems • Gor series • John Norman • pole weapons • space sheep • spear • Star Books • strange creature
Sep 21
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MisterBob Comments: I think a GRYPHON is like a griffin, but hunts ladies of the night?
Published 1989
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Tagged with: Avon Books • damsel • font problems • glowing eyes • Ken Barr • magic • monsters • nonsensical shadows • strange creature • Ting! • Tom Deitz
Sep 18
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Frank Comments: This is actually not so terrible a cover. But given that you’ve got two other covers up for this title, I thought you might enjoy this one.
Published 1985
You might remember The Door into Fire from here and here
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Tagged with: Diane Duane • dude • fire • font problems • horses • horses on fire • once you see it • strange creature • Susan Shay Collins • Tor Books
Sep 12
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Look this has to stand out from the rest. But how…. ummm… put a magic sea shell with stars of the universe in it. Have a disinterested man staring at it… and a blue women who is already so bored she’s fallen asleep.
Published 1993
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Tagged with: Bantam Books • damsel • Dan Simmons • dude • font problems • John Jude Palencar • magic • statuesque
Sep 10
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Lauren’s Art Direction: I want explosions! And glowing auras! And giant lizards in cloaks! And some hot kids who go to the gym on a regular basis! Oh, and throw in a scorpion, there’s a sale on the stock photo site.
Published 2011
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Tagged with: Barry K. Nelson • damsel • dude • electricity • font problems • glow • magic • monsters • Penumbra Publishing • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute
Sep 07
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Matt Comments: I really love your site and have been hooked since your first cover. 🙂
Published 2000
Thanks Matt! We love you too!
Well most of us do…
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • font problems • glow • Jerry Pournelle • Larry Niven • Lee MacLeod • monsters • Pocket Books • space ships • supernumerous limbs • WTF
Sep 04
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Self published? Well I mean we could try to make it look good or… we could just slap on a large transparent women’s head in the midst of a country sunrise. I wonder what though…
Published 2008
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Tagged with: damsel • font problems • lens flare • Mark Garrett • Matador Books • sky-eyes • WTF
Aug 31
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Don Comments: Thank you for calling Tech Support. If your computer is drooling, press 1. If you are the computer and you’re being harassed by a fat guy with curly hair, press 2.
Published 1967
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Charles Eric Maine • computers • font problems • monsters • once you see it • rainbow • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
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