Tag Archives: covers

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (9 October 2023)

Posted on October 9, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

As the world spirals further into a hellhole of wars, refugees, and climate disasters, I take small pleasures where I can find them… This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is yet another tribute to Jack Kirby, who spent … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 October 2023)

Posted on October 2, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

October’s first reminder that comic books can be awesome is a tribute to the voluptuous femmes fatales who were all over the covers of Golden Age comics:

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On Joe Simon’s covers for Dick Tracy

Posted on September 21, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

This week we’re back to spotlighting comic book covers in Gotham Calling. I’m quite fascinated by the work of Joe Simon on the covers of Dick Tracy back in the early 1950s, when monthly issues collected Chester Gould’s iconic daily … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (29 May 2023)

Posted on May 29, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

Let’s finish this month’s reminders that comics can be awesome by going back to the ‘90s, when covers raised absurd macho bullshit to hilarious extremes, displaying the kind of shamelessly dumb and eagerly badass attitude still echoed in recent films … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (22 May 2023)

Posted on May 22, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

This weeks’ reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to the long history of tank covers at DC:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (15 May 2023)

Posted on May 15, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

Your reminder that comic book covers can be awesome, God Is Dead edition:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (8 May 2023)

Posted on May 8, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

Your reminder that old-school romance comic-book covers can look awesome.

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 May 2023)

Posted on May 1, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

In this month’s reminders that comics can be awesome, we’re going back to spotlighting covers. Let’s start with a trio of representative covers from the 1990s which live up to that era’s reputation for violent, ultra-muscled men, highly sexualized women, … Continue reading →

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A dozen classic 2000 AD covers

Posted on March 23, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

Since this year’s weekly reminders that comics can be awesome have been focusing on splash pages, double spreads, and short sequences of interior artwork, it’s been a while since I’ve highlighted covers, which are actually one of my favorite features … Continue reading →

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 December 2022)

Posted on December 26, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

This year’s final reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to Batman covers since the New 52 reboot, from the creepy painted photorealism of Alex Ross to the playfully surreal cartooning of Chris Burnham:

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