Cover Contest 8/5 to 8/11: A Tip of the Hat!

[Kirby101]

I am loving this weeks contest, don't know how I will pick one to vote for.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I am loving this weeks contest, don't know how I will pick one to vote for.

Admittedly, I wasn't sold on the idea at first, but I got onboard and found a good entry. And yeah, there are a lot of terrific entries which will make choosing a winner difficult.

[Scott Taylor]

There are so many options for covers. Some pretty well known characters who've not yet been chosen! It is a great contest so far.

[Riv86672]

I am loving this weeks contest,

Admittedly, I wasn't sold on the idea at first, but I got onboard...

It is a great contest so far.

So....hats off to Greg Hatcher, then?

[Kai "the spy"]

So....hats off to Greg Hatcher, then?

[icctrombone]

[foxley]

Chaykin did 2, maybe 3, covers for Marvel’s The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones book, and interiors on one issue for certain. I can’t remember if he did interiors on more, though.

Chaykin did layouts on #6, with finished art by Terry Austin.

[Tami]

[Riv86672]

Chaykin did layouts on #6, with finished art by Terry Austin.

Yeah! And a good looking issue that was.
Covers for that issue, 8, 9, and 10 were also by Chaykin. Michael Golden did a few lovely covers, and of course John Byrne did the scripts/layouts for the first two issues (and an awesome in-house ad for the book that gave us a look at Indy’s office).
The creative teams on that book were pretty inconsistent though, which I’m sure led to its demise.

[foxley]

Yeah! And a good looking issue that was.
Covers for that issue, 8, 9, and 10 were also by Chaykin. Michael Golden did a few lovely covers, and of course John Byrne did the scripts/layouts for the first two issues (and an awesome in-house ad for the book that gave us a look at Indy’s office).
The creative teams on that book were pretty inconsistent though, which I’m sure led to its demise.

I have to agree with you.

In particular, Steve Ditko was entirely the wrong artist to illustrate Indy's pulp-style adventures.

[PaulBullion]

I have to agree with you.

In particular, Steve Ditko was entirely the wrong artist to illustrate Indy's pulp-style adventures.

Considering the fantasy aspects of RotLA and its sequels, the writers could have easily written stories that played better to Ditko's strength, like like psychedelic illusions brought on by toad poison in the Amazon or hypnotic manipulation by the medicine men of some lost tribe. Wasted opportunity.

[Riv86672]

I have to agree with you.

In particular, Steve Ditko was entirely the wrong artist to illustrate Indy's pulp-style adventures.

I like Steve Ditko. I did NOT like him on this book.
One artist that stood out to me back then was Kerry Gammill. I think he had a real sense of what made Indy work; his style evoked the pulp era feeling while being really crisp and fresh. I enjoyed his body of work on the book.

[Greg Hatcher]

So....hats off to Greg Hatcher, then?

My blushes. I was just trying to think of something not-superhero, so it would be a bit more of a challenge, and as it happened this collection was sitting by the desk here in the office, which got me thinking about private eyes. But that seemed too easy, and then I thought of the hat thing. So there you have it.

It certainly has been a lot of fun. You all have really surpassed my expectations. It's going to be a difficult choice!

[Gotham citizen]

Admittedly, I wasn't sold on the idea at first, but I got onboard and found a good entry. And yeah, there are a lot of terrific entries which will make choosing a winner difficult.

Me too: this week I wanted participate, but then I suddenly remembered about Leo Pulp (an Italian parody of the detectives like Dick Tracy) so… here comes my entry!



Or am I late?

[kjn]

Fedoras weren't originally a private eye thing. That's something that has come out afterwards, out of film noir. Originally, the first popular user was Sarah Bernhardt, and up until the mid-20s it was primarily a woman's headgear, and specifically a signum of early feminism and the suffragette movement.

Which means I have a little list of characters I'd like to see rocking fedoras…

(This also means one of the few fashion mistakes in the Wonder Woman movie. It's not Steve who should wear a fedora—it's Diana, or even better, Etta!)