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Post by MDG on Aug 4, 2021 15:36:57 GMT -5
Classic Cover Contest: August 4–August 10 Comics in Disguise!This week, let's look for comics that are designed to look like things that aren’t comics, like (but certainly not limited to) posters, "real" books, or packages… The Rules:- Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.
- Cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before August 2011.
- Please include also the title of the comic and the issue number in case some posters cannot see your image. (For example: The Brave and the Bold #68, Nov 1966) (I'll admit I don't do this)
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting takes place on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, beginning at 12:01am PST and ending at 11:59am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most. Please put the name of your choice in bold.
- The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends.
- The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest.
- If you don't think the cover fits the theme, just don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.
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Post by kirby101 on Aug 4, 2021 15:51:09 GMT -5
Stuntman #2, Simon & Kirby. Hey, it's a real book! Not one of those funny books for the kids. But it was just drawn like that.
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Post by tartanphantom on Aug 4, 2021 16:19:10 GMT -5
Panic #10, Aug-Sep 1955-- EC Comics.
unidentified artist.
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Post by tartanphantom on Aug 4, 2021 16:24:14 GMT -5
Cue all the Marvel "action figure" variant covers in 5...4...3...2...1... or did those start after 2011? We might be safe after all. 🙄
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 4, 2021 16:35:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 17:01:32 GMT -5
Comic book covers as colorform background gimmick cover... complete with colorform clinging vinyl options... -M
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 4, 2021 17:11:43 GMT -5
MAD #128 (July, 1969). Cover by Bob Clarke.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 4, 2021 17:16:49 GMT -5
Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography (DC, 1989)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 17:19:42 GMT -5
I know what you were going for, but this is really hard (other than formed as a book, which others have posted already). . so going with this in the spirit of the contest: Flash #156
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 17:41:05 GMT -5
and NOT an entry, as way too recent. . but if you like this kind of stuff, the team on "Livewire" at Valiant has done some brilliant mock magazine covers in the past few years:
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Aug 4, 2021 18:24:22 GMT -5
Mad #11
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Post by Jeddak on Aug 4, 2021 18:34:53 GMT -5
Mad #20 Feb 1955
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 19:11:18 GMT -5
Promethea #12 (see you at the show, but don't be a square, you dig?)
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 4, 2021 19:19:25 GMT -5
Here's a Japanese monster movie poster, via Planetary #2, May 1999, cover by John Cassaday.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 4, 2021 22:29:32 GMT -5
EXTRA! August, 1955 (EC Comics)
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