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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 28, 2023 6:38:15 GMT -5
O.k., I'm swamped with work this week and don't have time to think up something unique, so I decided to go with a theme that's kind of related to the text I've been translating (and will be for another two weeks): row boats and such. So your mission this week - should you choose to accept it - is to find and post a comic book cover featuring a boat, canoe, raft or any other watercraft propelled exclusively by oars, paddles, poles, etc. That means absolutely no sailing ships or yachts (which was already a cover contest theme) nor, naturally, any motorized vessel.
Here's one to start us off, Leave It to Binky #41 (DC, 1954):
The Cover Contest 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 June 2013.
- Please include the title and the issue number of the comic in bold (e.g. Brother Power the Geek #2, DC 1968) in case some posters cannot see your image.
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting takes place on Tuesday, 5 July 2023, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most 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, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.
- If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.
All right, everybody - Oars away, and stroke! Stroke! Stroke!
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Post by foxley on Jun 28, 2023 7:10:23 GMT -5
Crime SuspenStories #23 (1954, EC, George Evans)
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 28, 2023 8:11:24 GMT -5
Would I post anything else? Original pencils had a smaller Kamandi in the boat.
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Post by james on Jun 28, 2023 8:21:03 GMT -5
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Post by foxley on Jun 28, 2023 8:24:17 GMT -5
I think that's a motorboat.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jun 28, 2023 8:24:53 GMT -5
You motorboatin' sunnufagun
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jun 28, 2023 8:25:32 GMT -5
Nothing beats stabbing sharks while rafting
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 28, 2023 9:01:27 GMT -5
The main portion of the cover...not the sidebar. Piracy #6 by the great Bernard Krigstein with colors by Marie Severin.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 28, 2023 9:25:55 GMT -5
Yeah, that's definitely a motor boat.
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Post by jester on Jun 28, 2023 9:29:52 GMT -5
Four Color #386
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 28, 2023 9:40:38 GMT -5
House of Mystery #205 (August, 1972). Cover by Jack Sparling.
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Post by DubipR on Jun 28, 2023 9:55:02 GMT -5
In with one of my all time favorite graphic novel adaptations...
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 28, 2023 10:02:33 GMT -5
Indian Chief 22, April 1956Cover by ?
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 28, 2023 10:24:53 GMT -5
Tales From The Bog #1
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 28, 2023 10:50:20 GMT -5
Ripley's Believe It or Not! #77, April 1978, cover by George Wilson:
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