Good Show Sir

May 21

Wallace Comments: Not sure what kind of tree this is. Looks to me like an Asspen.

Published 1969

(Average: 9.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Bruce Pennington • Damon Knight • face tree • floating lips • New English Library • Sir Mix-A-Lot • tree • tree people • WTF

May 05

Honourable Mentions 21

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She's an exchange student, just returned from the University of Kentucky Knuckle Girls

'Believe me, paperback covers are how all the top models start out' Gang Girls

The Female Legion of Damn You're Looking Good! Guerrilla Girls

On this tour you'll be signing copies at the finest strip clubs in Lancashire Promotion Tour

Good Show Sir Comments: GSS Superfan Reggie M. (who prefers to keep a low profile) sent in these fine examples of literature printed by the New English Library back in the 70s. We here at GSS are familiar with the terrible sci-fi cover art overachievers at N.E.L. See here.

But N.E.L. is also know among paperback aficiandos for their sleazy girl covers. These here show the exciting lifestyle choices of a comely English lass who starts out as a fist-fighting brawler, graduates to shiv-lady in her local gang, then a Patty Hearst terrorist clone, before moving into a steady day job in the publishing business as a naked copy editor.

I am sure these attractive young misses are all quite proper British grannies now and remember fondly their previous modeling careers. So let’s reward them all with a Good Show Sir Honourable Mention.

Published 1970s

(Average: 8.67 out of 10)

Tagged with: artist? you're kidding me • bladed weapons • damsel • fight club • fists of fury • Harry Whittington • Honourable Mentions • machine gun • Maisie Mosco • New English Library • Richard Allen • starkers • Terry Harknett

Feb 04

The Boosted Man

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I hope 'Boosted Man' has had his booster shots Click for larger image

He's packing more than a pistol! Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – Hook 2 4 U!

Good Show Sir Comments:

1. The worst thing about being a politician is having to shake the voters’ hands.

2. Hook Paper Dolls: Cut along dotted line

Published 1974

(Average: 7.80 out of 10)

Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • bighanditis • crotch armor • damsel • dude • fire • font problems • fungi • Haircut 100 • handguns • jumpsuit • Kenneth Bulmer • little people • New English Library • once you see it • Peter Goodfellow • Pinnacle Books • Tully Zetford • Unknown Artist Institute

Jan 21

Agent of Chaos

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This laser tag game is rigged! Click for larger image

Got his MFA in Bosch Studies Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – Spinrad Special!

Good Show Sir Comments:

1. For fans who prefer an agonizing reading experience.

2. When the art director demands CHAOS, Clifton-Dey delivers!

You might remember this from here. And some recycled shit here.

Published 1967, 1972

(Average: 8.50 out of 10)

Tagged with: anatomical issues • Belmont Books • Earth • eye-yi-yi • frickin laser beams • I'm melting! • interpretive dance • little people • New English Library • Norman Spinrad • Richard Clifton-Dey • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

May 09

The Incredible Melting Man

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He da bomb! Click for larger image

Wendy Comments: I like Arizona in the summer. It’s a dry heat.

Published 1978

(Average: 8.44 out of 10)

Tagged with: dude • fire • he's dead Jim • I'm melting! • Joe Petagno • New English Library • Phil Smith • WTF

Feb 04

Podkayne of Mars

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Podcast of Mars Click for larger image

Malcolm Comments: Lookin’ cool with her fairy devil-pig and her giant Master Lock.

Published 1969

(Average: 7.71 out of 10)

Tagged with: alien city • belly button • damsel • fairy • font problems • handbag • just so much yellow • long hair • New English Library • Robert A. Heinlein • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute

Sep 11

Synthetic Men of Mars & Escape on Venus

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Mars has two moons. Checks out. Click for larger image

Surface of Venus is super hot. Checks out. Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: NEL – ERB – WTF!

Good Show Sir Comments: Synthetic Men Are from Mars, Synthetic Boobs Are from Venus

Published 1972

Thanks to Lulu for sending one in!

(Average: 6.82 out of 10)

Tagged with: bondage • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • Edgar Rice Burroughs • flying saucer • hunkbutt • loincloth • moons • New English Library • nip slip • pole weapon • Richard Clifton-Dey • side boob • Sir Mix-A-Lot • starkers • strange creature • teat shields • two-fer • Unknown Artist Institute

Mar 22

Honourable Mentions 18

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Magazines, franchise books, paper dolls and “non-fiction” occult. We have a potpourri jamboree here for another in our continuing series of Honourable Mentions. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Now add a pinch of Picard Click for larger image

Erik Tollstedt Comments: I want an image of Ernest Hemingway. He should be sitting on a purple couch in outer space. There should be papers flying away from his lap. Also, I’d like to see Ernest Hemingway’s head explode. But not in the normal way. It should explode into several other heads, one of them a sleeping hispanic man, and the other Emperor Ming. And have some sort of purple beam shoot out of his brain too. Yeah, that will convey “creative genius” like nothing else.
Published 1990

Laser Rhodan Click for larger image