Jul 12
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Dead Stuff with Big Teeth’s Art Direction: Gentlemen…perhaps what this cover needs is both a man, and a horse! Yes! And another man with a mullet, showing he doesn’t know how to ride a horse. And… a girl wearing nothing but body paint, standing at the top of a staircase! Because, gentlemen: nobody would otherwise pay money for something a woman has written!
(the senior partners, followed by everyone else in the room, erupt in a perfect storm of applause. The junior copyrighter wipes a tear from his eye)
Published 2003

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Tagged with: Catherine Asaro • catsuit • cleavage • damsel • dude • font problems • glow • horns • horses • Luis Royo • mullet • once you see it • proportional issues • Saga of the Skolian Empire • strange creature • Tor Books • utility belt
May 29
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Alessandra Comments: Ow, ow, ow! I’m doing a dental self-exam, my back is thrown out, and I’m carrying this armful of light-sabre blades!
Published 2010

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Tagged with: Baen Books • Catherine Asaro • David Mattingly • dude • fantastical rock star • glow • Haircut 100 • lens flare • mullet • planets • Saga of the Skolian Empire • shuriken of approval
Mar 06
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Rusty Comments: How one can tell a true hero from a common man is by whether his shirt disintegrates in an alluring yet ferocious manner at the drop of the hat.
Published 2011

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Tagged with: Baen Books • Catherine Asaro • dude • fantastical rock star • music • planets • Saga of the Skolian Empire • shuriken of approval • Unknown Artist Institute
Mar 16

Art direction: Sorry? Oh, I was thinking that I’d like a really realistic drawing of a prince looking fellow on a big sci-fi chair, holding a nerd pouch and motioning towards some magic crystals. Don’t forget to put the ruby dice in there! After all, that is the name of the book!

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Tagged with: Baen Books • Catherine Asaro • dice • dude • font problems • gemstones • Kurt Miller • Nebula award • paging John Galliano • pouch • prince • Saga of the Skolian Empire • shuriken of approval • throne
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