Cover Contest June 5 - 11 - Ligne claire
Jun 6, 2024 1:35:59 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Jun 6, 2024 1:35:59 GMT -5
Apologies for putting this up so late. I meant to think of something yesterday when I saw the 3-way tie so I wouldn't have to make everyone wait in case I won, but then somehow forgot all about it. Anyway, after going through a few ideas, some of which I'll try to keep in mind for the future if this ever happens again, I've decided to go with ...
Ligne claire
As far as I can tell, this is the phrase used in English as well - apparently "clear line" hasn't caught on. I think everyone here is familiar with the concept, most famously exemplified by Hergé's Tintin, but here's the wiki definition:
a style of drawing ... [that] uses clear strong lines sometimes of varied width and no hatching, while contrast is downplayed as well. Cast shadows are often illuminated*, and the style often features strong colours and a combination of cartoonish characters against a realistic background. The name was coined by Joost Swarte in 1977.
The English wikipedia article also gives a list of artists if anyone wants to make use of it, but it is in no way complete, so I hope everyone will use their own judgement and not be afraid to post a cover just because the artist isn't listed or perhaps hasn't even ever been described as using ligne claire in his or her work. As an example, I'll post a cover from someone I think is very obviously a ligne claire artist even though I didn't find (after an admittedly very brief search) the term associated with him anywhere:
The Cover Contest rules:
- Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.
- The cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before May 2014.
- Please include the title and the issue number of the comic (e.g., Showcase #4) in case some posters cannot see your image.
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting takes place on Tuesday, Jun 4 2024, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold.
- 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; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.
- If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.
- Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.
- The cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before May 2014.
- Please include the title and the issue number of the comic (e.g., Showcase #4) in case some posters cannot see your image.
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting takes place on Tuesday, Jun 4 2024, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold.
- 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; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.
- If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.
Lucky Luke 
