Are those really the people from Walter Scott’s classic novel The Talisman? I mean, I’ve read it, and whilst the two on the right ring a bell I really don’t remember the dude on the left at all.
@RJ, I think there’s supposed to be two of those John Cleese-esque aliens. One of them’s covered up by the thumb on his bum. 🙂 The odd cut and colour of the togas doesn’t help at all.
Alien: “I wish to complain about this baton I got not half hour ago from this very boutique.”
He-Man: “Well, I’ve had a look round the back, and we’re fresh out of batons. I’ve got this girl.”
Alien: “Do it twirl?”
“Well, I brought the magical shiny-glowy thingy. Are you going to give me awesome swag to take back home and use to win back my kingdom?”
“Huh? Oh. Oh, right, I forgot, that’s what we told the people of your realm. Ha ha! For a second I thought you might be from the Unnecessary
Cat People realm; we told them those things were keys to the catnip kingdom. Ha!”
“Whaa-aa..? What — what do you mean? I’m NOT the prophesied warrior?”
“Oh my goodness, no. We’re in the middle of a two-centuries-long famine here. You’re the prophesied dinner. One of many.”
I don’t know . . . the colors are not garish enough to be truly bad. Lime, orange and turquoise are in this fall. Which, now that I think about it, may be why this cover looks strangely familiar, as if I’m looking at a fashion show. Maybe the talisman is the key look from an extra-terrestrial designer? That would explain both the ultra-thin aliens and the black cat-suit.
September 16th, 2011 at 9:17 am
Is that small head growing out of the alien’s groin a metaphor?
September 16th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Alien: “Well you slept with her to get information… why not me?”
Man: “Cast magic fire ball… cast magic fire ball…..”
September 16th, 2011 at 9:32 am
Are those really the people from Walter Scott’s classic novel The Talisman? I mean, I’ve read it, and whilst the two on the right ring a bell I really don’t remember the dude on the left at all.
September 16th, 2011 at 10:08 am
Well, if you will look into too many funhouse mirrors…
Plus, Leigh Brackett! She wrote The Empire Strikes Back! I bet this is just as good.
September 16th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
What doctors with vaccination syringes look like in Michele Bachmann’s imagination.
September 16th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
That isn’t a mullet. More like a Prince Valiant with a side part.
September 16th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
@RJ, I think there’s supposed to be two of those John Cleese-esque aliens. One of them’s covered up by the thumb on his bum. 🙂 The odd cut and colour of the togas doesn’t help at all.
Alien: “I wish to complain about this baton I got not half hour ago from this very boutique.”
He-Man: “Well, I’ve had a look round the back, and we’re fresh out of batons. I’ve got this girl.”
Alien: “Do it twirl?”
September 17th, 2011 at 7:09 am
“Well, I brought the magical shiny-glowy thingy. Are you going to give me awesome swag to take back home and use to win back my kingdom?”
“Huh? Oh. Oh, right, I forgot, that’s what we told the people of your realm. Ha ha! For a second I thought you might be from the Unnecessary
Cat People realm; we told them those things were keys to the catnip kingdom. Ha!”
“Whaa-aa..? What — what do you mean? I’m NOT the prophesied warrior?”
“Oh my goodness, no. We’re in the middle of a two-centuries-long famine here. You’re the prophesied dinner. One of many.”
“….And the glowy gem?”
“One of our turds.”
September 17th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
I don’t know . . . the colors are not garish enough to be truly bad. Lime, orange and turquoise are in this fall. Which, now that I think about it, may be why this cover looks strangely familiar, as if I’m looking at a fashion show. Maybe the talisman is the key look from an extra-terrestrial designer? That would explain both the ultra-thin aliens and the black cat-suit.
September 23rd, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Man: “Ok, you guys have had your fun, now hand over the keys to my girlfriend’s handcuffs…”
Alien: “Ok, but only after you’ve heard me play my crystal banjo!”
September 29th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
At least the gal is wearing practical shoes.