Category - Lousies

Presenting: The Sixth Annual Lousies Awardees!

Because we can’t really call them “winners,” can we?

I’ve made so many of your pore over these covers repeatedly, so I’m going to trim the list down to the five worst covers featured here in 2025:


#5:

gsfggs gsf

(originally posted December 5, 2025)


 

#4:

Soul Anarchy Uk #3

(originally posted July 28, 2025)


#3:

Club AutoRape: 01/01/2000 – 01/10/2000

(originally posted July 8, 2025)


#2:

Fire From The Sky-Battle Of Harvest Moon & True Story Of The Space Shuttles

(originally posted March 25, 2025)


#1:

5 Adventure Stories for Kids. Easy To Read Bedtime Stories (Kids Bedtime Stories)

(originally posted December 1, 2025)


With the new voting scheme, you won’t have to be subjected to as many repeated horrors when we do this again next year. (That’s right… We’re doing this again next year.)

ADMIN: Revamping Democracy!

Happy New Year, y’all! I’m making a change to how the Lousies are chosen, and this is the perfect day to inflict reveal it!

The previous voting scheme, in which the number of comments was treated as a proxy for cover popularity/infamy, was naturally inexact; plus, it forced anyone who wanted to “vote” to come up with something to say about that cover.

But now, at the bottom of all posts in the “Covers” category, there’s a simple ballot to check:

I’ll include the twelve most voted covers from each month in the quarterly semi-finals.

Let freedom ring!

(Yes, this will show on the older cover posts too — there’s no way to limit to just those going forward.)