Classic Cover Contest 13 Jan 2016 - 19 Jan 2016
Jan 13, 2016 20:33:05 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Jan 13, 2016 20:33:05 GMT -5
Like everyone else, I've been thinking a lot about David Bowie since his death a few days ago and wanted to come up with something with a Bowie connection, however vague or tenuous, for this contest. But what - covers referencing pop music? I suspect we've done that already, though I'm not positive. Glam or glitter-rock? Perhaps too restrictive. The avant-garde in general? An intriguing idea that I might come back to sometime, but perhaps a little hard to define within the context of comic books.
Anyway I finally decided, in honour of Bowie's practice of re-inventing his music and his persona for different albums, that this week's contest will be devoted to comic book covers that in some way represent this kind of re-invention. It could be a reinvention of a character, of a concept, of the format of the series itself, or perhaps some other kind of re-invention I haven't thought of (please explain if you think the reasoning behind your choice might not be apparent to other readers). [edit:] or a writer or artist who re-invented his or herself, stylistically or otherwise. If I'd thought of this before I'd have chosen a different cover myself.
Here's my own, rather obvious, example:
Captain Marvel #17
I hope this isn't too vague. To make things a little more clear, I think that, for example, the first issue of Starlin's Captain Marvel would also qualify because I see that as a conceptual re-invention perhaps even more important than the one represented by CM#17 above.
The rules (copied and pasted):
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 Jan 5 2006.
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting begins on Tuesday, January 19 at 12:01am PST and ends at 11:59am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most.
- Put the name in bold or it will not be tallied.
- 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; don't post disparaging remarks about it. If a cover is more recent than the Classic time frame, kindly point it out and the poster can choose an alternate before voting begins.
- When posting covers, remember GCD (aka comics.org) doesn't allow hotlinking and if you use them for the source to post your cover, you will see it because it is in your cache, but no one else will be able to see it. Use a source other than the GCD for your image for others to see it.
Have fun!
Anyway I finally decided, in honour of Bowie's practice of re-inventing his music and his persona for different albums, that this week's contest will be devoted to comic book covers that in some way represent this kind of re-invention. It could be a reinvention of a character, of a concept, of the format of the series itself, or perhaps some other kind of re-invention I haven't thought of (please explain if you think the reasoning behind your choice might not be apparent to other readers). [edit:] or a writer or artist who re-invented his or herself, stylistically or otherwise. If I'd thought of this before I'd have chosen a different cover myself.
Here's my own, rather obvious, example:
Captain Marvel #17
I hope this isn't too vague. To make things a little more clear, I think that, for example, the first issue of Starlin's Captain Marvel would also qualify because I see that as a conceptual re-invention perhaps even more important than the one represented by CM#17 above.
The rules (copied and pasted):
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 Jan 5 2006.
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting begins on Tuesday, January 19 at 12:01am PST and ends at 11:59am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most.
- Put the name in bold or it will not be tallied.
- 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; don't post disparaging remarks about it. If a cover is more recent than the Classic time frame, kindly point it out and the poster can choose an alternate before voting begins.
- When posting covers, remember GCD (aka comics.org) doesn't allow hotlinking and if you use them for the source to post your cover, you will see it because it is in your cache, but no one else will be able to see it. Use a source other than the GCD for your image for others to see it.
Have fun!
