Good Show Sir Comments: I cannot tell a lie. Giacometti over there chopped down the cherry tree.
Published 1980
Good Show Sir Comments: I cannot tell a lie. Giacometti over there chopped down the cherry tree.
Published 1980
Bibliomancer Comments: I picture this is how it went down: Artist: So what do you want on the cover? Editor: Its called “Invasion of the Robots” paint me a robot. Artist: What kind of robot? Editor: I don’t care, any frickin robot. Later. Artist: OK, here’s your frickin robot. Editor: You’re fired. Artist: I quit. Editor: Oh yeah, well I’m putting this on the book anyway. Artist: Put my name on this and I’ll sue you. Editor: Idiot, you forgot you initialed it!
Published 1965
Bibliomancer Comments: The last balloon at the last Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was a rather depressing sight.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1965
Good Show Sir Comments: Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!
Published 1980
Good Show Sir Comments: “What unholy mind spawned the ultimate terrible cover art?”
Published 1978
Bibliomancer’s Art Direction: I want a picture that will be timeless. Like a mash-up of Peter Max meets Chairman Mao. Art like that will never go out of style. Now give me another foot-long pill and leave me alone. I’ve got a lot of art-making to do!
Published 1970
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Joachim Comments: In case you didn’t notice, there’s a purpleĀ fetus in anamnioticplastic bag above my melting face.
Published 1968
Tat Wood Comments: This is by way of adding to the conversation about recycling artwork. Ideally, it should be appended to the comments on ‘The Rod of Light’. No prizes for guessing what it originally covered, but given that Dick’s book has some pretty distinctive visual iconography (mentioned in the title) it’s a stupidly inappropriate choice.
Published 1975
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Joachim Comments: Gremlin in a space suit descends from amorphous pink vessel…
Published 1993
Dan Comments: Not sure if this is suppose to be sexy or terrifying, but the coy wink can’t save it.
Published 1975
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