Jan 07
Click for full imageDavid Comments: That’s a LOINCLOTH hanging between his legs.
Published 1981
Many thanks to David!
(Average: 6.35 out of 10)
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David Comments: That’s a LOINCLOTH hanging between his legs.
Published 1981
Many thanks to David!
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January 7th, 2011 at 8:39 am
Those solid steel swords go up in flames so easily. The heat has made the winged fellow’s toes curl. On one foot, at least.
January 7th, 2011 at 9:36 am
I like the Mr Claypole shoes on the winged gladiator. Well, Mr Claypole shoe.
January 7th, 2011 at 11:20 am
How does safely carry a flaming sword?
That sounds like the start of a terrible christmas cracker joke.
January 7th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Ready to follow up with a haymaker punch, nice!
I’d like to see a labyrinth made up entirely of that title font.
January 7th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
I had a helmet like that once. You go around thinking you’re so cool and wham! The horn smacks into the top of a doorway and now you’re just a doofus.
January 7th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Looks like maybe the horn is part of his head, not the helmet. Custom helmets with holes cut to fit a horn aren’t cheap. Put it all together:
Custom helmet.
Decorated loincloth.
Stylish shoes.
That, friends, is a demonic flying gladiator of wealth and taste.
January 7th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
The demon’s sword is about to drill a hole right into the top of our hero’s head. Afterwards, perhaps he’ll use it as a giant salt shaker.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
There’s also something weird about Mr. Firesword’s gluteus maximus and the tree-trunk legs coming out of it. Especially the left leg.
Not that I want to look at Mr. Firesword’s gluteus maximus, but it’s right there.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Sweater-tunics are back? Who knew!
January 7th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
That really doesn’t look like an effective sword. I mean, it’s just a blowtorch on a hilt. Something that maybe you should hold up to the green guy’s loincloth and wait for it to catch fire instead of swinging it wildly like it’s actually got a sharp edge or anything that would make contact.
Although I would like to see him try to put it away in that scabbard without setting fire to himself. Come to think of it, maybe that’s what happened to his pants…
January 7th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
“Taste the fiery blade of… Ooops! losing my balance…”
*BONK*
January 7th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
According to fantasy\sci-fi historians, this is the earliest form of the light saber.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:27 am
Great fashion sense all around is this cover, really. Like the Ugg boots and that metal stud belt/bracelet set he bought at Hot Topic. Sets off the sweater tunic quite nicely.
January 8th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
A drawing of the dark would be better than that pic.
January 9th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
The minute he tries to turn round, that scabbard’s going to tangle his legs and send him flying.
January 10th, 2011 at 3:53 am
I’m partial to the highly intelligent grinch shoe the demon thing seems to have put on in the dark (as he seems to be missing its mate).
January 10th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
TERRIBLE cover for a great book – goes without saying that it has absolutely no bearing on the story within. Someone should pay Mr. Powers for that abomination…
January 11th, 2011 at 9:42 am
flying birdmen = never good. seriously i challenge you to show me a sci fi cover with a not-hilarious birdman on it.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Good challenge! I’ll be on the look out. To be fair, none immediately spring to mind!
February 9th, 2013 at 6:28 pm
I think that whomever wrote the quote on the cover was payed by the adjective.
August 2nd, 2015 at 12:57 pm
I think that the artist realized too late that his ‘sword torch’ didn’t actually look very threatening, so he added a nice ‘swoosh’ effect at the last minute. Except that it doesn’t make any sense that flames would ‘swoosh’. Then he said to himself, “Ah, stuff it, I’m getting paid $10 an hour for this, I’m just gonna give the birdman a phallic loincloth and be done with it!”
August 2nd, 2015 at 7:56 pm
@Tom Noir: That’s not a birdman: Those are batwings – he’s Batman.
January 12th, 2016 at 10:41 pm
The Painting of the Shite.
January 12th, 2016 at 11:07 pm
The Drawing By the Dork.