Good Show Sir

Mar 18

Ryan Comments: For once Baen managed to leave the orange crayon in the box for the cover illustration, and yet I still cannot, in good taste, make the first comments that pop into my head when seeing it.

Published 1999

(Average: 7.20 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • damsel • font problems • It's Howling Time! • K.D. Wentworth • Patrick Turner • wolf

Apr 29

Personal Darkness

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'My ponytail RULES!'? Click for larger image

Princess Polly Comments: OK, this Tinder date has gone horribly wrong. Please call me an Uber.

Published 1993

(Average: 7.67 out of 10)

Tagged with: Adrian Chesterman • damsel • dude • fire • Little Brown • moon • ponytail • sweet ride • Tanith Lee • wolf

Apr 06

The Chase

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Jogging in Hell Click for larger image

Alice Comments: She doesn’t have to outrun the wolf and snake. She just has to outrun her boyfriend!

Published 1994

(Average: 8.25 out of 10)

Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • damsel • David Jarvis • dude • explosion • floating head • font problems • L.J. Smith • Pocket Books • snake • wolf

Oct 24

The Night of the Wolf

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I demand walkies! Click for larger image

Lord Kelvin Comments: Spoiler alert: the “giant wolf-creature” turned out to be a Halloween mask on a stick.

Published 1972

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: damsel • dude • floating head • font problems • Frank Belknap Long • Frankenstein Horror Series • Gray Morrow • It's Howling Time! • mask • Popular Library • starkers • sticks • visible waves • wolf

Apr 02

Honourable Mentions 14

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Only two honourable mentions for the long Easter weekend! Mainly because I have completely lost track of what’s in my inbox!

Good to be back and posting covers again, thanks to everyone for supporting me through the dark times! You all get a cookie!

HEY! GET OF ME TORTOISE! Click for full image

Piper Comments: It isn’t exactly fantasy/science fiction. It’s psychology. The longer you look the more insane it gets (E.G. Eagle heads in crystals).
Unknown published date

So much awesomeness! Click for full image

Good Show Sir Comments: Unfortunately I never got to play this, I like to think it would be just as epic as the box art.
Published 1988

(Average: 7.47 out of 10)

Tagged with: birds • crystal • damsel • floating face • giant birds • Good Show Sir • Honourable Mentions • landscape face • lens flare • lightning • magic • magical orbs • magical weapon • shortbow • sky-eyes • strange creature • sword • Ting! • Tor Books • Unknown Artist Institute • unknown publisher • wolf

Jan 04

Old Year Sum Up 2011

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Happy New Year!

Well another year is here, I am just about over my hang over and of course back in work! So it’s time to start again and see what exciting covers we can find to brighten our days. Last year didn’t see a cover which had the power to beat, I Sing the Body Electric. But maybe this year… maybe…

Thanks to everyone who has sent in covers and comments! You all bring such entertainment to our lives. And of course thank you to all those amazing publishers, without you and your art direction where would Good Show Sir be?

Last year was very exciting now that I think about it. And my quest for terrible Sci-Fi/fantasy book covers also led to the best conversation ever in a second hand book store.

Shop Assistant: Wow.. that cover is so bad!!!
Me: Yeah isn’t it? That’s kinda why I am buying it actually.
Shop Assistant: Really? Awesome. You should start some sort of website to show covers like these.
Me: I have…
Shop Assistant: ……
And nothing more was said. Here is the book I bought.

The top rated cover of the year:

Bum chins are well known for invading the rest of your face. Click for original post

A Personal Favourite:

The dangers of eating radioactive fish. Click for original post

CSA Chooses dragon crotch!

Carry On films did get a bit... odd... Click for original post

And of course, how could we not mention the cover that started a censoring legend:

I know space ships don't need to be aerodynamic but... Click for original post

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Arrow Books • cleavage • damsel • dragon • dude • Good Show Sir • lizards • magic • Old Year Sum Up • Penguin Science Fiction • Pocket Books • space • space sheep • space ships • strange creature • Tower books • wolf • WTF

Apr 14

Web of Angels

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Ah the ole dragon crotch, I can give you a cream for that. Click for full image

Scot B’s Art Direction: OK, I see a redheaded woman wearing overalls, but still half-naked, being gnawed on by ghost wolves while a dragon explodes from her crotch. The dragon’s chasing a guy with a flaming orange on his jumpsuit. And a purple polka-dotted gnome fortune-teller! It’s a masterpiece I tell you! What’s that, you say the name of the book is what? Well, just throw a spiderweb around everything, that’ll work.
Published 1980

(Average: 8.51 out of 10)

Tagged with: artist in the comments • baldy bad man • busy hands • cleavage • damsel • dragon • dude • evil • John M. Ford • lizards • magic • once you see it • playing cards • Pocket Books • spiral • strange creature • strapping outfit • Terrance Lindall • Web of Intruige! • wolf • WTF

Mar 23

The Falcon of Eden

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Don't point that gun at me! Look! The other balloon! Click for full image

Zycrow’s Art Direction:
“So the art director told me he needed hot air balloons and they needed to be badass. How am I going to do that?”
“Easy. Add spikes.”
“Oh, that’s good. Like how many? Three? Four?”
“All of them. All of the spikes. Oh, and a dinosaur, and some wolves. That oughta cover it.”
Published 1980

Many thanks to Zycrow!

(Average: 7.39 out of 10)

Tagged with: bladed weapons • cliffs • dagger • damsel • forest • Graham Diamond • gun • hot air balloons • inadequate armor • Playboy Paperbacks • spikes • strange creature • talons • Walter Velez • wings • wolf

Jan 21

The Western Wizard (vs The Western Wizard)

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I'll just put this Z&A here... there we go! See, it spells wizard! Click for full image

Tally ho! Well good chap I’ll have the one with swords and those smashing old wizards praising a big wolf in the clouds!
Published 2000

Hold on, we'll save the princess in a bit. I have a chance to look... awesome! Click for full image

Good show old bean, I’ll go for the one with double swords, a buxom beauty and a mighty cape. Spiffing!
Published 1993

(Average: 6.33 out of 10)

Tagged with: baldness • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • booties • bracers • capes • cleavage • clouds • daggers • damsel • DAW Books • dude • floating head • forest • Fred Gambino • headband • inadequate armor • Jody Lee • long haired men • magic • Mickey Zucker Reichert • Millennium Books • mountains • muscles • once you see it • Renshai Chronicles • robes • shields • shoulder pads • strange creature • sword • Wizaaaaaaaard! • wolf

Oct 15

Finnish Mega Post

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I have been enjoying the delights of Helsinki this week and I have had a wonderful time. Well, except for the price of beer! 7 Euros for a pint! It makes me want to cry!

In honour I decided to search through a couple of the book shops here for the Finnish versions of some popular Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Some of them are just a little odd and a couple do make me laugh.

I hope you all enjoy these wonderful covers!

Am I supposed to be missing a finger? Click for full image