And then there’s Wesley Snipes, pictured to the right as my favorite "day walker" from the Blade movies (Ranking: Silver - appropiate for a superhot, supernatural creature). And below is another example of the not-much-hair-but-darn-fine-anyway hero: Jason Stathem, playing the title character in The Transporter (Ranking: Totally Gold). Well, anyway, because of these guys, I actually take a second look now if a guy on the street has a shaved head–whether he’s ripped or not doesn’t really matter. I guess it’s the BBB factor that these guys bring to the party…i.e. they may be nearly BALD BUT they’re BAD-ASSES are sexy as hell. (Um, yes, I’m very happily married. I’m just sayin’, okay!) Matt Damon (Silver) has a full head of it, and I think it makes his look. But I can’t leave out Mel as Braveheart (Bronze) or those sexy Native American leads, either… Any votes for which guys on this page you wouldn’t kick out of bed? Feel free to add your own favorites, even if they’re not among mine! BED KICKING RANKINGS: Bronze - No, I would not kick him out of bed! Silver - Not only would I not kick him out of bed, I’d also ask him to stay for breakfast! Gold - He stays for breakfast, dinner & dessert (and guess what’s for dessert?)! Thank you for playing! Luv, Cleo Coyle, author of the Coffeehouse Mysteries, where coffee and crime are always brewing… …and coming in July 2007: Decaffeinated Corpse!
So today I found myself wondering…what turns your head when it comes to hero hair? I mean, some of my favo
rite heroic guys don’t even have much in the way of hair. There’s Vin Diesel, for instance, pictured to the left as the character Riddick from the movies Pitch Black…(Ranking: Silver).
As an author, I found myself wondering how readers react to HERO HAIR. Hugh Jackman’s the hunk who plays the sexy X-Man Wolverine (Solid Gold!), and I noticed some young dudes are now sporting his look, complete with those long sideburns. Interesting… 
Rambo had lengthy locks too…then again, his hair wasn’t the part of his body I was usually noticing (Bronze).
Does hair matter to you when it comes to dudes on book covers or their character descriptions? Do you prefer it long, short, or shaved? Blond or dark? Or are you open to all kinds of Hero Hair? 
March 21, 2007
HERO HAIR RANKINGS - What turns your head?
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Long hair! Long, long hair! Shaved heads can work–Vin Diesel is YUMMY…but I’m so not into suit-and-tie hair, you know, short modern styles. Not my cup of tea. Give me butt-length hair on a well-muscled body and I’m happy.
Yazza
Comment by Yasmine — March 21, 2007 @ 2:53 am
Hee, I’m exactly the opposite — give me short hair, short & messy, shaved … but no long hair. Especially long and curly, eek!
Comment by Meljean Brook — March 21, 2007 @ 2:55 am
Long, short, no hair… it’s all good, as long as it’s not The Mullet. Unfortunately, too many book covers use The Mullet as long hair. *sigh*
Comment by Paula — March 21, 2007 @ 10:59 am
Matt Damon, Vin Diesal, and Hugh Jackman all get the Gold in my book. I can’t do the long hair thing. If I’m gonna pick up a book with a hottie on the cover he’s got to have killer guns (biceps) and short hair.
Comment by Renaissancegrrl — March 21, 2007 @ 11:41 am
Great post, Cleo.
Love all the eye-candy!
For the most part I read historical romance, so I love a long-haired hero with a killer body.
Comment by Julia Templeton — March 21, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
Excellent post!! I think I like bald only on the bad ass guys *drool* But I have to admit there is a part of me that just loves the clean cut almost baby faced guys. It makes me really want to muss them up .
Comment by Sasha — March 21, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Wow! So far, I’m amazed at how we all have such different reactions to the Man Hair question! I’ll stay tuned for more comments. In the meantime, the tally so far is:
2 - Long Hair Ladies - Yazza, Julia
3 - Short Hair or Bald (as long as the guy has killer “guns” *grin*) - Meljean, Rennaissancegrrl, Sasha
1 - Love ‘em at any length (except the mullet) - Paula
I’ll tally again if more votes appear! Luv,
Cleo
Comment by Cleo — March 21, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
I’m with Paula. *ggg* To me, hair is not what makes a man sexy. Attitude is.
Comment by Jordan Summers — March 21, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
Paula — lol@the mullet. Too true. It’s like they’re trying to get the best of both worlds: short AND long, and it just comes out a mess.
I actually specifically asked that my last cover did NOT have a guy with a mullet, because one of the bad guys is known only as Mullet Boy.
Comment by Meljean Brook — March 21, 2007 @ 6:23 pm
This discussion is hilarious!! I’m stuck on Wolverine. The hair isn’t the greatest but the whole package, yum.
Comment by Nalini Singh — March 22, 2007 @ 1:36 am
I really like a man with short to bald.(Bald if they have a nice shape head)
But my fantasy men always have long locks.(we could dream about grabbing a mans hair,but in reality when a mans hair is all in your face while hes diong his thang”Not Sexy”) JMHO
Comment by danette — March 22, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
I have always LOVED long well-kept straight hair on a guy. I am not a big fan of long curly hair on a man. I think part of it stems from being raised int he 80s, with all the big hair bands and long haired heros. But my hubby had long hair when we met but now shaves his head and i like that too.
Comment by Kris — March 22, 2007 @ 7:07 pm
Meljean, no wonder if he went wrong. LOL
Jordan, that’s what I was thinking.
Hair can be changed, personality is harder to mold.
Comment by Paula — March 22, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
Man Hair Rankings update: the tally so far is:
3 - Long Hair Ladies - Yazza, Julia, Kris
3 - Short Hair or Bald (as long as the guy has killer “guns” *grin*) - Meljean, Rennaissancegrrl, Sasha
3 - Love ‘em at any length (except the mullet) - Paula, Jordan, Danette
WOW! Looks like we need a tie-breaker. (I’m not counting Nalini’s luv for Wolverine since she’s dissing his ‘do! *grin* But she can still throw the vote one way or the other!). Any lurkers out there want to vote? I’ll tally again if more votes appear.
Luv,
Cleo
Comment by Cleo — March 23, 2007 @ 12:11 am
You had me with Jason Stathem–YUMMY–he is one of my favorites. Ck. out my blog, my hot hubby is bald also…
Comment by Renee B. — March 23, 2007 @ 3:41 am
I’m a bald bad ass fan. but I also like Aragorn hair and legolas hair. It all depends on the man sporting it.
Comment by Vivi Anna — March 26, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
LOL Renee B. So I guess I’ll be secretly noticing your hubby on the street!
Vivi Anna! Yes! I forgot all about Vigo/Aragorn. He was HOT in LOTR and Legolas equally Gold worthy! I should have posted them too!
Luv,
Cleo
I think we’re looking at a toss-up on the Man Hair question…seems like Bald is Beautiful and Long is Lust-worthy as long as the guy’s got Alpha Attitude or is simply a Hero at Heart!
Comment by Cleo — March 27, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
I thought Christian Bale’s hair was pretty hot in American Psycho. Combined with his Oliver Peoples glasses… hawt!
Comment by Dionne Galace — March 31, 2007 @ 5:15 pm