Do Modern Ripof...Errr "Recreation" of Past Covers Bother You?

[micmack]

I wonder who Michaelangelo swiped from.

[jbud73]

This was going on far before the Modern Age - Batman 227 anyone. Sometimes artists even rip themsleves off, if they are around long enough. Personally I like the homage cover, but the artist should definitely give PROPS to the person who original they are deriving inspiration from.

[skinny_white_boy]

I wonder who Michaelangelo swiped from.

 

[micmack]

One more for you. Is it an homage or a rip-off...or a bit of both!

Bill Sienkiewicz, the master of the "lift" with a two-for with the same artist, C. Coles Philips and his "Fade-Away Girl" Note:Bill won an Eisner that year for "COVER OF THE YEAR AWARD! CLEVEREST USE OF COLOR EVER!" I wonder if he would have won if he gave props to C. Coles Philips for sparking his "creativity"

 

[jbud73]

Well thats a little more subtle then most swipes. He is using the body positioning and color technique, but he has other elements in the art so its really hard to say that's a direct cover swipe - though its pretty clear he was inspired by the former artists work.

[johnenock]

"Originality is the art of concealing your sources" -Anon

 

"I invent nothing. I rediscover." -Rodin

 

Origionality equals undetected plagiarism. -Inge

 

Gotta love the book of quotations. -Nock

 

I think if every artist gave credit to their "swipes" there would be more words than art.

[Rodey]

"Bad poets barrow, good poets steal." T.S Eliot!

[drice6900]

"Don't agonize, just plagarize." - Tech Writer credo

[dc360]

 

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