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Post by dem bones on Feb 17, 2021 10:37:33 GMT
Bucking the trend, an ebook cover I actually like, nay, adore, which is probably illegal.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 17, 2021 18:15:54 GMT
Return of the W.H. Allen skeleton, plus assorted.
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Post by Swampirella on Feb 17, 2021 19:09:37 GMT
Two more "best" covers from books discussed elsewhere:
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Post by andydecker on Feb 18, 2021 9:24:21 GMT
A few more. These are some German editions from the early 70s. One is a original collection. And one American and a Saxon.
I love the Mike Shayne one. Not the novels which the few I sampled I found dull, but this cover. Money, booze and a nice girl. The holy trinity of P.I. fiction.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 18, 2021 10:29:33 GMT
Further sightings of skeleton and habit. A little went a long way with the W.H. Allen props/ wardrobe department.
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Post by cromagnonman on Feb 18, 2021 10:31:51 GMT
A few more. These are some German editions from the early 70s. One is a original collection. And one American and a Saxon.
I love the Mike Shayne one. Not the novels which the few I sampled I found dull, but this cover. Money, booze and a nice girl. The holy trinity of P.I. fiction.
My cherished copy of the 1977 HOTSPUR BOOK FOR BOYS details the employment of the Hotspur moniker on various ships and planes over the years. Indicative of the educational nature of vintage comics which I never found any supercilious teacher of my era willing to acknowledge. More fool them. I love that Brett Halliday cover too Andy. Reminds me of the old Ronnie Corbett gag about the shipwrecked sailor who after seven years on a desert island finds himself confronted by a girl in a wetsuit striding out of the surf. Pulling down the zipper of her suit she produces first a packet of cigarettes and then a bottle of scotch. "Now" she says, pulling the zipper right the way down "here is the thing you've missed most these past seven years." "Blimey" says the sailor "You've really got a set of golf clubs in there?"
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Post by samdawson on Feb 18, 2021 11:43:16 GMT
Ooh. The More Tales of Unease cover is actually quite disturbing
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Post by andydecker on Feb 18, 2021 11:58:50 GMT
My cherished copy of the 1977 HOTSPUR BOOK FOR BOYS details the employment of the Hotspur moniker on various ships and planes over the years. Indicative of the educational nature of vintage comics which I never found any supercilious teacher of my era willing to acknowledge. More fool them. I love that Brett Halliday cover too Andy. Reminds me of the old Ronnie Corbett gag about the shipwrecked sailor who after seven years on a desert island finds himself confronted by a girl in a wetsuit striding out of the surf. Pulling down the zipper of her suit she produces first a packet of cigarettes and then a bottle of scotch. "Now" she says, pulling the zipper right the way down "here is the thing you've missed most these past seven years." "Blimey" says the sailor "You've really got a set of golf clubs in there?" Must have been a posh weekend sailor, but it is still funny. Seems teachers were all the same in regard of so called lowbrow entertainment in the 70s. A teacher of mine caught me browsing a copy of some SF stories during class - it must have been some anthology edition of F&SF or something, I don't remember. He confiscated it naturally and spend a couple of minutes doing a gloating Ghastly Beyond Belief impression, reading aloud the worst out of context sentences he could find to illustrate what garbage this was and how it poisoned the minds of us little boys and girls. He really got off on things like this.
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Post by cromagnonman on Feb 18, 2021 13:51:48 GMT
My cherished copy of the 1977 HOTSPUR BOOK FOR BOYS details the employment of the Hotspur moniker on various ships and planes over the years. Indicative of the educational nature of vintage comics which I never found any supercilious teacher of my era willing to acknowledge. More fool them. I love that Brett Halliday cover too Andy. Reminds me of the old Ronnie Corbett gag about the shipwrecked sailor who after seven years on a desert island finds himself confronted by a girl in a wetsuit striding out of the surf. Pulling down the zipper of her suit she produces first a packet of cigarettes and then a bottle of scotch. "Now" she says, pulling the zipper right the way down "here is the thing you've missed most these past seven years." "Blimey" says the sailor "You've really got a set of golf clubs in there?" Must have been a posh weekend sailor, but it is still funny. Seems teachers were all the same in regard of so called lowbrow entertainment in the 70s. A teacher of mine caught me browsing a copy of some SF stories during class - it must have been some anthology edition of F&SF or something, I don't remember. He confiscated it naturally and spend a couple of minutes doing a gloating Ghastly Beyond Belief impression, reading aloud the worst out of context sentences he could find to illustrate what garbage this was and how it poisoned the minds of us little boys and girls. He really got off on things like this. Yes, had a depressing experience of the sort myself. They always say that those who can, do. Those who can't become critics. To which I would add that those who really really can't become teachers: (or ST Joshi, naturally). I never knew a bitterer breed of frustrated failure than a sports or english teacher, seemingly possessed of an inimical urge to poison those subjects which once constituted their own thwarted ambition. I daresay things are different nowadays. To find boys actually reading anything purely for the pleasure of it would probably be a source of reportable wonder within the profession.
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Post by Swampirella on Feb 18, 2021 23:47:45 GMT
Just came across this (2014) by accident just now; I'm guessing this is the most suitable thread for it. Also, 2 of the 10 preview pages. Available in print & affordable digital & comiXology (whatever that is) formats.
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Post by jamesdoig on Feb 19, 2021 3:18:57 GMT
Gee, I must be living under a rock not to have seen this! "160 vintage skulls" indeed!
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Post by andydecker on Feb 19, 2021 9:31:12 GMT
ComiXology (whatever that is) formats. ComiXology is a - or should I say 'the' - digital plattform for buying comics. It has become an Am*z*n company so you don't need to register if you have an Am*z*n account. They sell thousands of old comics from most publishers and of course the new productions.
For all their faults, their format is actually pretty good. It has the so-called 'guided view'. If activated it takes the reader from panel to panel when swiping, the panel gets automatically blown up to the screen-size of your tablet or iphone. Say a comic page has 6 panels, it will guide the reader in the correct sequence through panel after panel. This makes reading the text very easy, also the art often is better highlighted. This is much superior than the limited Kindle view which Am*z*n used to offer for comics and still do in some cases.
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Post by Swampirella on Feb 19, 2021 12:44:29 GMT
ComiXology (whatever that is) formats. ComiXology is a - or should I say 'the' - digital plattform for buying comics. It has become an Am*z*n company so you don't need to register if you have an Am*z*n account. They sell thousands of old comics from most publishers and of course the new productions.
For all their faults, their format is actually pretty good. It has the so-called 'guided view'. If activated it takes the reader from panel to panel when swiping, the panel gets automatically blown up to the screen-size of your tablet or iphone. Say a comic page has 6 panels, it will guide the reader in the correct sequence through panel after panel. This makes reading the text very easy, also the art often is better highlighted. This is much superior than the limited Kindle view which Am*z*n used to offer for comics and still do in some cases. Thanks for the explanation, Andy, it sounds very practical.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 23, 2021 12:20:59 GMT
Another random selection including a truly superb effort for Treason Remembered; an unnerving "Drag out your dead" moment from pandemic horror, One By One; yet another attempt at the tricky convincing werewolf transformation; plus assorted wild eyeballs.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 24, 2021 18:17:10 GMT
The W. H. Allen skull takes a trip, antiquarian in peril, more from the Wheatley fancy dress factory.
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