Cover Swipes

[Norrin_Radd]

 

 

[Sal]

 

first LOSH

 

why is "Lefty Lad" pushing the button with his right hand?

 

and big time digging on the Pre-Raphaelites...

[underthebigw]

WTF?!? How are those swipes? They appear to just be Christmas themed covers.

 

WTF. You need meds? Even if you disagree, that response is a little over the top.

 

I've always understood a swipe to be a re-working of an older piece of art, keeping the general design, and it didn't have to look exactly the same. The first pair couldn't be more direct, although stylistically different. A X-mas cover, featuring a X-mas tree with decorations on them reflecting the images of the characters. Looks different, but it's definitely a direct rip-off.

 

The second one both is a direct copy of the concept and the design is very similar.

[deathlok]

WTF?!? How are those swipes? They appear to just be Christmas themed covers.

 

WTF. You need meds? Even if you disagree, that response is a little over the top.

 

I've always understood a swipe to be a re-working of an older piece of art, keeping the general design, and it didn't have to look exactly the same. The first pair couldn't be more direct, although stylistically different. A X-mas cover, featuring a X-mas tree with decorations on them reflecting the images of the characters. Looks different, but it's definitely a direct rip-off.

 

The second one both is a direct copy of the concept and the design is very similar.

 

[howardhallis]

 

Just got the Simpsons #36-39, which feature a great Radioactive Man backup story that pays tribute to Steranko! These issues (back covers are shown here) are really hard to find, but are worth hunting down... I had to search for months on eBay to get em!

[Norrin_Radd]

Bongo is the king of classic swipes! Thanks for posting those, wrongdimensionboy.

[deathlok]

Really cool swipes. That is some awesome stuff.

[RaccoonRaccoon]

Really cool stuff. Always nice to have the original cover too!!

[tilleycs]

Not exactly a swipe, but pretty similar.

 

 

[OldGuy]

I bought this last week. A rip of my favorite cover.

 

 

[deathlok]

 

[joeypost]

I cannot believe no one listed this classic yet!

 

 

[Norrin_Radd]

Man, haven't thought about this thread in a while.

[bumpjay]

 

Just got the Simpsons #36-39, which feature a great Radioactive Man backup story that pays tribute to Steranko! These issues (back covers are shown here) are really hard to find, but are worth hunting down... I had to search for months on eBay to get em!

 

 

And, once again, here is a PERFECT example...they are not all swipes....some, if not most, are genuine homages to the artistic heroes of the individual who is doing the work.....

"sock it to me"...

 

[infinite_comics-migration]

Yeah, IIRC, some people were confusing swipes with homages. Check out the regular RM series for more homages:

 

http://www.snpp.com/guides/comics_rm.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_Man_%28The_Simpsons_character%29

 

My favorite (Superman # 100):

 

[bumpjay]

Excellent link !!!!

 

Thanx !! (thumbs u

 

[howardhallis]

Yes yes... Homage... swipe... Either way, it's all about keeping this thread interesting.

 

These 2 pages were from Wizard Magazine #179:

 

[howardhallis]

[Scrooge]

[howardhallis]

 

Scrooge, I was totally going to put that up as well!