Jul 29
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Art Direction: You know what I feel enhances any work of art… glow! Imagine the scene, two young lovers entwined in… tentacles… and around them a mystical blue glow to signify magic or possibly the sharing of deep feelings. Nah I’m just kidding, we all know what he’s going to use those things for. But the glow will enchance something I’m sure!
Published 1984
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Tagged with: busy hands • capes • damsel • dude • glow • Jacqueline Lightenberg • magic • SCIENCE! • Sime/Gen • tentacles • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jul 06
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The Portuguese version of Man Plus. Many thanks to Luis for sending this in!
Published 1976 (maybe)
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Tagged with: cybernetics • dude • Europa-America Books • font problems • Frederik Pohl • glow • muscles • robots • Unknown Artist Institute
Jun 17
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Art Direction: Lets break away from the common Thor look stereotype. And by break away, I mean just don’t give him a cape. Keep the male skirt, shaved legs, long blonde hair and bunny ears helmet!
Published 1987
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Tagged with: Ace Books • blunt weapons • Curtis H Hoffmann • dude • font problems • glow • James Warhola • muscles • space ships • Ting! • war
Jun 01
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: OK, Girls like Horses! Lets just put two horse’s /unicorns in suggestive poses, with the usual purple colours and oh make one of them glow! And wings, gotta have wings!
Published 1987
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Tagged with: glow • John Lee • Orbit Books • Unicorns! • Unknown Artist Institute
Nov 23
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Libraryman comments: I love how it seems as if the characters are just randomly placed around this dead body. Kind of like a cluedo clue. “It was Sinbad with the scimitar in the dungeon!”
Published 1995
This cover… is perfect!
Libraryman, good show sir!
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • bladed weapons • booties • bracers • cloaks • damsel • dude • glow • Good Show Sir • Harry Turtledove • jazz hands • magic • magical orbs • puffy shirt • Stephen Youll • Unknown Artist Institute • waistcoat • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Nov 10
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John Comments: Sentient killer smog in Los Angeles of course requires occult defense. Only in the 80s.
Published 1985
Many thanks to John!
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Tagged with: Ace Books • computers • Don Brautigam • evil • glow • James Killus • magic
Jul 02
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Art Direction: Hilarious escapade? Well then, no one is going to care what we put on there. In fact lets just put everything we can! Including Centaurs, which I hear are the next big thing. And we’ll have giant people with planets for faces! We’ll stop there but wait till you see what I have in mind for the font!
Published 2001
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Tagged with: Centaur! • cleavage • cloaks • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • dude • font problems • giant birds • glow • magic • magical orbs • once you see it • people with planets for heads • Piers Anthony • planets • robes • strange creature • Tor Books • waistcoat • WTF
Mar 18
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OH man, do I have a bad hangover! I need something soothing, like a half naked teenager holding a guitar and a bit of blood trickling from his mouth. His hair slicked back, his skin pale like that of a… vampire! That’s right, I did just suggest it: a vampire guitarist! Uh-oh, I’m going to be sick.
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Tagged with: boring • David Farren • dude • fantastical rock star • glow • Gollancz Books • muscles • S. P. Somtow • starkers • Timmy Valentine series • WTF
Mar 17
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Naked people? You’re right, we can’t have two yellow glowing buck-naked people standing on some far away planet, with the man pointing upwards towards some awful green moon that takes up 80% of the cover. Oh I know, cover their jibblets with some storks. And we’re sorted!
Happy St. Patricks day! – Good Show Sir
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Tagged with: beard-wielding • bird • C.S. Lewis • Cosmic series • damsel • dude • fantastical rock star • glow • HarperCollins Books • muscles • planets • space • Space Trilogy • starkers • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute
Mar 11
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When you think of a daemonic ritual you think about, gold five pointed stars, lots of gargoyle creatures sitting around and a golden sparkle female rising up in a plume of golden magic with the sharpest of teeth, right? No? Well just draw it or you don’t get paid!
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Tagged with: Chris Brown • daemons • damsel • Dangerous Energy series • evil • glow • Gollancz Books • John Whitbourn • magic • WTF
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