Tom Noir Comments: Now this here is a real fine used dragon, ma’am. The previous owner was a little old lady who only drove it on Sundays.
Published 1987
Tom Noir Comments: Now this here is a real fine used dragon, ma’am. The previous owner was a little old lady who only drove it on Sundays.
Published 1987
And we are back! Woo hoo! Enjoy all these great covers and pieces of art from Frank!
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I couldn’t help but wonder what this cover art was about: the Cosmic Striptease, or The Devil Downstairs. So I looked within, where I found….
Published 1957
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“Beautiful women were Satan’s main weapon. They made sin look so attractive.”
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“Millions of Earthlings gaped while the Martian show went on.” Apparently the Martians had a pretty good grasp of human anatomy.
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Further in, for another story titled, “Excitement For Sale!!”
“He was a mood-merchant, a happiness-huckster, peddling dreams from door to door.”
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Table of contents so you can see all the authors and cover art credit.
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I may have to go back and read this one to get the context for, “women were flung heartlessly into space”.
Bibliomancer’s Art Direction: You spilled your whiskey all over the cover art! No time to redo it. Just sponge it off and get it out the door. It has to be at the printer’s today.
Published 1977
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Rachel and Thomas Comment: Fun fact! Megalatemeskephalesigakertomesephobia is the actual Greek for the fear that a large decapitated head is silently sneering at you.
Published 2012
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
Good Show Sir Comments: You want the backpack full of food? More clothes? What about the bag with guns? No? Ok… back in time you go!
Published 1981
Many thanks to Erin!
Vincent Comments: To be fair, the cover blurb says that it is “different” and judging by the illustration, which I cannot even comprehend, I think that’s very fair.
Published 1969
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
Tom Noir Comments:
“Our toddlers will blot out the sun!”
“Then we will fight in the shade!”
Published 1998
John C Comments: Look, you wanted me to modernise the planet so I went to IKEA and got one of their “Flty” anti-gravity beds. It’s not my fault half the bits are missing and the instructions don’t make sense.
Published 1979
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