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Post by robot1a on Sept 21, 2023 11:23:38 GMT -5
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Post by Farrar on Sept 21, 2023 11:31:05 GMT -5
Hm, good question. I did specify mice, but it seems like folks are stretching the definition a bit. However, I don't feel like policing the thread and this is all supposed to be in good fun anyway. I considered and rejected a few rat-centric covers, but I tend to be pretty literal... Ah yes, I hear you--I tend to be pretty literal about this too Plus: we already had "Rats" as a topic--and to my twisted way of thinking, I figured Edo had read the topics list, noticed we'd done rats before, and that's (in part) why he specified mice this time around. I know, I know, I overthink things Anyway, for the record, I won that Rats topic with this Shadow cover (see link), so I'm not posting it again for that reason...and also, because the vermin on that cover are clearly rats (body size, smaller ear size, etc.) and not mice. Told ya I was literal. www.comics.org/issue/6738/Now, it's off to find some nice mice!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 21, 2023 12:33:30 GMT -5
Hm, good question. I did specify mice, but it seems like folks are stretching the definition a bit. However, I don't feel like policing the thread and this is all supposed to be in good fun anyway. I considered and rejected a few rat-centric covers, but I tend to be pretty literal... Now, it's off to find some nice mice! There are no such things.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 21, 2023 13:12:57 GMT -5
(...) Plus: we already had "Rats" as a topic--and to my twisted way of thinking, I figured Edo had read the topics list, noticed we'd done rats before, and that's (in part) why he specified mice this time around. I know, I know, I overthink things (...) Actually, I remembered that we'd done rats before, even though 'rats' doesn't appear on the list in the Classic Covers Contest Topics post. And yes, that's why I specifically said mice (and also because I just wanted to see more light-hearted funny animal covers, or stuff like Mouse Guard - only one so far - or Mice Templar).
Anyway, enough of this jibber-jabber - let's see some more covers in this thread, dammit!
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Post by MDG on Sept 21, 2023 13:19:12 GMT -5
I was gonna do a parenthetical joke along those lines, but wanted to see if anyone would take the bait. Well...
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Post by Farrar on Sept 21, 2023 15:00:00 GMT -5
Actually, I remembered that we'd done rats before, even though 'rats' doesn't appear on the list in the Classic Covers Contest Topics post. And yes, that's why I specifically said mice (and also because I just wanted to see more light-hearted funny animal covers, or stuff like Mouse Guard - only one so far - or Mice Templar)... Aww rats (okay, let the groaning begin ...)--you're right, Edo. "Rats" is missing! In the past there were a couple of other missing topics that people have kindly told me about. Do me a favor, folks--if you notice that something's missing and have the time and/or inclination, let me know. I copied the list over from the original list and a few topics may have gotten lost in the transfer. Much appreciated!
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 21, 2023 15:44:19 GMT -5
I was gonna do a parenthetical joke along those lines, but wanted to see if anyone would take the bait. Well...
I love cheese.
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Post by MWGallaher on Sept 21, 2023 21:08:27 GMT -5
GIGGLE COMICS #94:
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Post by foxley on Sept 22, 2023 7:41:45 GMT -5
Hm, good question. I did specify mice, but it seems like folks are stretching the definition a bit. However, I don't feel like policing the thread and this is all supposed to be in good fun anyway. I considered and rejected a few rat-centric covers, but I tend to be pretty literal. Next thing you know, they'll be letting gerbils in. I, too, tend towards the literal (one of the symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome), so I won't be voting for any cover I think features a rat rather than a mouse.
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Post by tonebone on Sept 22, 2023 7:53:08 GMT -5
Funny Stuff #1, DC, 1944
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Post by Jeddak on Sept 22, 2023 19:13:56 GMT -5
Four Color #172, Nov. 1947, Walt Kelly
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 24, 2023 13:03:50 GMT -5
Roarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends #17
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 26, 2023 2:01:16 GMT -5
Jesse
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Post by foxley on Sept 26, 2023 2:07:19 GMT -5
supercat2099
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Post by MDG on Sept 26, 2023 8:54:09 GMT -5
That ol' radical, Slam_Bradley
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