Tom Noir Comments: Sick of the cheesy, over-wrought covers being inflicted on her books by artists, Mercedes Lackey hires a photographer.
Published 2009
Tom Noir Comments: Sick of the cheesy, over-wrought covers being inflicted on her books by artists, Mercedes Lackey hires a photographer.
Published 2009
Frank McC comments: First I thought “wonder if that guy on the cover realizes how close he came to getting whacked upside the head by that rocket” and then I saw the “unimaginable demensions”.
Published 1972
Chuffmunky Comments: The future’s so badass, I gotta wear shades (and a bandoleer of spikes, and a fisher-price cd walkman cabled to my chest for some reason).
Published 1989
Frank Comments: I’m wondering how long the artist made the lady hold that pose, and whether she got sunburn.
Published 1970
Good Show Sir Comments: Sir! How do we stop this robot plague!?! Unplug them from the wall?! That’s… well… yeah ok then.
Published 1977
Many thanks to Darren for sending this in!
Frank Comments: I wonder about that change in skin colour at the shoulders, I seem to remember from the story that the green people were green all over.
Published 1950
Good Show Sir Comments: Ensign… go get a giant fridge… chilled space brain is on tonights menu!
Published 1974
Many thanks to Robert Van N for sending this in!
Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: OH NO! I forgot all about that bloody book cover… crap it’s due tomorrow. Oh man… WAIT… is your son still in that drama club? Great! We’ll head over, get some props, slap a wig on a skeleton and take a picture. It’s better than nothing… right?
Published 1973
Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Woahhh… yeah that LSD has just kicked in… SECRETARY… take this down. And by secretary I mean you sir, the man in the urinal next to me. A tomato plant… triceratops! What’s that, hand dryer elf? Yes you are right, it wouldn’t be complete unless it was multicoloured!
Published 1980 (also known as ‘A Messiah at the End of Time’)
Tom Hering Comments: From St. John to Krenkel to Frazetta to this. The most egregious example I’ve ever seen of a publisher using an amateur artist to save a little money.
Published 1977
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