Good Show Sir

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Dr Bob Comments: Worse things happen at sea.

You might remember this from here.

Published 1988

(Average: 7.06 out of 10)

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RachelJ Art Direction: “This is no ordinary novel. Not even a “A Novel”. This is… “A MOSAIC”. I want every element of the cover– title, subtitle, font, artwork– to blend harmoniously into one vast, resounding “WTF”.

Do it justice, my boy.”

[Note: It’s not my camera. The cover image is just really, really dark and murky and it’s hard to tell what anything is.]

Published 1990

(Average: 6.80 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Don’t tell me I have to die for these blobs’ sins!

Published 1979

(Average: 7.60 out of 10)

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Chuffmunky’s Art Direction: “Ok there’s NO budget for the cover this time. Go through that pile of dusty CDs; there should be some forgotten illustrators’ portfolios from the 90’s we can raid.”

Published 2012

(Average: 5.43 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: See this grin? Exactly this grin!
Published 2011

(Average: 5.10 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Well it’s a busy anthology so we should keep things busy on the cover. This is for Focus magazine… and we all know they only want one thing on their free book… mannequin cleavage! Just fill the rest with whatever you feel like.
Published 1995

(Average: 6.33 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: It’ll be just like our D&D game we played last night… except John from Accounting can be the hunk attacking a skeleton… and Dianne the Receptionist can be the sword-wielding damsel in a cape!
Published 2000

(Average: 7.47 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: No no no… I said more glow! And more Ting! And more of the horse looking like he’s awkwardly floating over a field!
Published 2011

(Average: 6.55 out of 10)

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BookWench’s Art Direction: Okay, so this just looks like two nipple-less people standing there exposing their inner wrists. How do we make it more “Faith of the Fallen”-y? Uhm, how about chucking a craftsman in there, admiring his nipple-less handiwork?
Published 2008

(Average: 4.41 out of 10)

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Craig Comments: Ultimate because they can’t smell you apparently.
Published 1990

Many thanks to Craig!

(Average: 8.81 out of 10)

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