This cover is horrible, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar! 7 7

[Ken Aldred]

The Terry Dodson Action Comics image also looks more like a typical cover layout rough that many artists do before committing to a more detailed, more polished final version. You can see many actual cover preliminaries being used to pad out the page count of thinner trade paperbacks.

Edited May 24 by Ken Aldred

[paqart]

On 5/23/2024 at 10:59 AM, Cat said:

Variant cover for Action Comics #1068. I guess it'll appeal to the 5 year old reader segment. 

This is very rough but it is also well-drawn and has good colors. My complaint is that Superman is posed like a teenage girl.

[paqart]

On 5/23/2024 at 5:14 PM, grendel013 said:

@cmcfanDon't sell this one.

Hey, it's the old bottom lip only lipstick trend! I wonder why that never caught on?

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/23/2024 at 3:59 PM, Cat said:

Variant cover for Action Comics #1068. I guess it'll appeal to the 5 year old reader segment. 

 

On 5/24/2024 at 9:13 PM, paqart said:

This is very rough but it is also well-drawn and has good colors. My complaint is that Superman is posed like a teenage girl.

Not necessarily teenage, but perhaps quite feminine.

Reminds me of this classic cover…

[s-man]

On 5/24/2024 at 4:14 PM, paqart said:

Hey, it's the old bottom lip only lipstick trend! I wonder why that never caught on?

AKA 'liver lips'

[grendel013]

[southern cross]

Lately variant covers featuring wolverine 

[Grendel72]

My contribution . Han Solo had one to many bantha burgers. 

 

[southern cross]

On 6/1/2024 at 8:51 PM, Grendel72 said:

My contribution . Han Solo had one to many bantha burgers. 

 

C3po has had breast implants and even the front console was put on a bad angle by drunken spaceship manufacturers.

[Cat]

Who wants to tell me what this book's title is? Yes, that's meant to be a legible logo. 

[Ken Aldred]

On 6/5/2024 at 8:32 AM, Cat said:

Who wants to tell me what this book's title is? Yes, that's meant to be a legible logo. 

Is that meant to be an attempt at death metal lettering?

In which case, Orc … something.

[Ken Aldred]

Orc Island, apparently.

Can see it now.

[AJD]

On 6/5/2024 at 5:47 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Orc Island, apparently.

Can see it now.

I'd come up with "Orc stand", which made a bit less sense.

[Ken Aldred]

On 6/5/2024 at 8:58 AM, AJD said:

I'd come up with "Orc stand", which made a bit less sense.

There is a comic called Orc Stain as well, which I’d never heard of, so you were on the right track.

[AJD]

On 6/5/2024 at 6:00 PM, Ken Aldred said:

There is a comic called Orc Stain as well, which I’d never heard of, so you were on the right track.

[JazzMan]

On 6/5/2024 at 12:32 AM, Cat said:

Who wants to tell me what this book's title is? Yes, that's meant to be a legible logo. 

This alone should have been an indicator of the overall quality of this book.

[Happyfarm]

Locally designed cover to a Danish Superman & Batman book from 1972.

 

[F For Fake]

On 6/5/2024 at 4:00 AM, Ken Aldred said:

There is a comic called Orc Stain as well, which I’d never heard of, so you were on the right track.

I don't know anything about Orc Island, but Orc Stain rules! Stokoe has that ugly underground, super detailed thing down, ala Kevin O'Neill. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but I dig it. Not sure about this book, but the death metal font gives me a tangential excuse to use one of my favorite pics..

[Ken Aldred]

On 6/5/2024 at 9:06 PM, F For Fake said:

I don't know anything about Orc Island, but Orc Stain rules! Stokoe has that ugly underground, super detailed thing down, ala Kevin O'Neill. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but I dig it. Not sure about this book, but the death metal font gives me a tangential excuse to use one of my favorite pics..

Yup. Crystal clear font.

I find it’s much better than sans serif.

 

[JazzMan]

On 6/5/2024 at 1:30 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Yup. Crystal meth font.

I find it’s much better than sans serif.

 

Fixed that for you.