Apr 14
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Scot B’s Art Direction: OK, I see a redheaded woman wearing overalls, but still half-naked, being gnawed on by ghost wolves while a dragon explodes from her crotch. The dragon’s chasing a guy with a flaming orange on his jumpsuit. And a purple polka-dotted gnome fortune-teller! It’s a masterpiece I tell you! What’s that, you say the name of the book is what? Well, just throw a spiderweb around everything, that’ll work.
Published 1980
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Tagged with: artist in the comments • baldy bad man • busy hands • cleavage • damsel • dragon • dude • evil • John M. Ford • lizards • magic • once you see it • playing cards • Pocket Books • spiral • strange creature • strapping outfit • Terrance Lindall • Web of Intruige! • wolf • WTF
Apr 13
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Adam S Comments: Apparently “The Face” referenced in the title is my 75-year-old grandfather. As a side note, I don’t know many people that can rock a chastity belt like the dude about to bleed out all over the ground.
Published 1979
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • blood • DAW Books • Demon Princes Series • dude • epic conflict • floating face • Gino D'Achille • Jack Vance • jeans and a t-shirt • loincloth • moon • muscles • Speedos • sword
Apr 12
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Whitney’s Art Direction: Oh, under HEAVEN’S Bridge. I thought you said something else…
Published 1982
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Tagged with: Ace Books • aliens • damsel • Don Punchatz • dude • glowing eyes • Ian Watson • Michael Bishop • WTF
Apr 11
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Kelly’s Art Direction: Hmmm, a desert nomad with a magic ring and a crazed glare, an aged but fierce warrioress wearing chain-mail long underwear beneath a tunic slit to the waist, and a princely sort who seems to be counting on the other two to protect him since he hasn’t yet drawn his weapons…
Published 1984
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • daggers • damsel • dude • Patricia C. Wrede • sword • Ting! • Walter Velez
Apr 07
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MisterBoB Comments: Know anyone with a eagle tattoo on their chest?
Published 1990
A special thanks to MisterBob,
who has sent us enough covers to keep the site going for the next year or so!
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Tagged with: alien city • Bantam Books • bracers • dude • frickin laser beams • gun • Jim Burns • loincloth • monsters • mullet • muscles • R.A. MacAvoy • robes • tattoo you
Apr 06
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Richard P Comments: Gary was beginning to regret that he’d neglected his garden.
Published 1966
And on the other side –
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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • Frank Freas • gun • Harry Schaar • Howard L. Cory • lizards • monsters • Philip K. Dick
Mar 30
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Whitney Comments: Night Fevah! Night Fevaaaah! We know how to do it!
Published 1978
Many thanks to Whitney!
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Tagged with: Algis Budrys • Avon Books • bubble helmet • Carl Lundgren • crab people • dude • moon • planets • space • space suit
Mar 24
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Miggity’s Art Direction: Shirtless black dude in tighty whities with a space helmet and a pneumatic fishing spear gun, flanked by two white Amazonian women in see through tops giving the whole thing a weird sex vibe, with a spacecraft carrier, space figthers, four planets and sweet moon base in the foreground… PERFECT!
Published 1981
Many thanks to Miggity!
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Tagged with: author in the comments • Bantam Books • bubble helmet • cleavage • damsel • dude • gun • Lou Feck • muscles • planets • rifle • space • space ships • Steven E. McDonald • white-clothed protagonist
Mar 22
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Kevin’s Art Direction: Don’t put a red flame ANYWHERE on the coverthat’s too obvious! Instead, put Grizzly Adams into a jumpsuit and have him talking earnestly to a lizard man who’s walking a giant stag beetle through an alien city. Insert sexual tension by hiding the human’s left hand behind the lizard man’s buttocks. Also, hide both bipeds’ right feet from view so people will focus on the fact that the beetle is practically floating.
Published 1986
Many thanks to Kevin!
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • anthropomorphism • Ballantine Books • beard-wielding • dude • giant insects • lizard people • Ralph McQuarrie • strange creature • WTF
Mar 21
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Rich Comments: I think the Black Lion may be that hair under her arm. It obviously offends Mr Swordy and he’s going to remove it in a rather dramatic fashion. What was said to the artist was something along the lines of, “Here honey, a nice new pack of crayons and don’t eat any of them. Do Mummy a nice book cover.”
Published 1979
Many thanks to Rich!
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • chains • Chris Howes • cleavage • damsel • dude • Greystoke Mobray Books • Lionel Fanthorpe • Patricia Fanthorpe • space ships • sword • Ting!
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