Cover contest may 26 - june 01: Fake it till you make it

[Riv86672]

Just looking for clarification here, we're supposed to post a cover that wasn't actually published? i.e. a fan-made or commissioned 'cover' right?

^^^Sorry about any confusion but this...

Yes, he means post a fake cover that was not for the real comic.

...is what I was going for, yes.

I almost went with this idea the last time it was my turn to create a contest.

^^^ha, the cover that started that whole conversation!

Btw, the copy/paste procedure with the rules don't quite work with this theme, specifically rule #2.

^^^well, hopefully you didn’t just give anyone the incentive to lock/delete this thread by pointing that out.

[Kai "the spy"]

^^^well, hopefully you didn’t just give anyone the incentive to lock/delete this thread by pointing that out.

Can't you edit it?

[Kirby101]

Can't you edit it?

No need, because Rule #7 states:
"7) It's Okay to Discuss the Covers but if you Think Someone's Entry Doesn't Fit the Theme or Violates the Rules, you Don't need to Argue it in the thread, Simply Don't Vote for It!"

So we all just agree that Rule #2 doesn't apply to this week and not worry about it.

[Iron Maiden]

I wasn’t sure I kept the link I found… Yes, I did!

This one made me laugh. For those who've not seen the music video, All the members of Queen dressed in drag for this, a sort of homage to the long running series Coronation Street. Unfortunately, it led to MTV instituting a no play order for this video. It resulted to being blacklisted on the channel. Some members of Queen feel that they lost a great deal of the audience in the U.S. because of it. When the band played this in Brazil, the crowd threw rocks at them.

I thought people were over this even back then. I used to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus on PBS back in the day and they were constantly dressing in drag because aside from an occasional appearance by Carol Cleveland they seldom used a female performer with the group.

[Iron Maiden]

The cover that just had to be done!

[nx01a]

Real then edited then redrawn.

[seismic-2]

One of the all-time best parody comic books was the Son O' God series than ran in National Lampoon in the early 1970s. It was brilliant in concept and execution, and they made the inspired choice to have Neal Adams draw the thing.

[Zelena]

This one made me laugh. For those who've not seen the music video, All the members of Queen dressed in drag for this, a sort of homage to the long running series Coronation Street. Unfortunately, it led to MTV instituting a no play order for this video. Some members of Queen feel that they lost a great deal of the audience in the U.S. because of it. When the band played this in Brazil, the crowd threw rocks at them.

I thought people were over this even back then. I used to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus on PBS back in the day and they were constantly dressing in drag because aside from an occasional appearance by Carol Cleveland hey seldom used a female performer with the group.

I didn’t know that people made such a fuss about this video… It seemed to me a wonderful hymn to humour and freedom. And I didn’t know Coronation Street…

It makes a sense that it was received the best in UK where the connection to the TV show was obvious.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I've always said Uatu was a peeping Tom, and here's the proof!

[Shalla Bal]

Very creative covers here

[Tami]

I took a quick look and there are still some more really great fake covers out there for the taking.

[Riv86672]

Can't you edit it?

My bad, man.
My humor’s out of whack, I -was- trying to be funny.

[babyblob]

Not an entry but my time in prison made me laugh at this.

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[Zelena]

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Alrighty, then, here's a cover I did years ago for a t-shirt contest.

My, you do love these little horses…

[foxley]

You really had me going baby
Come on! Give me a break!
You really had me going baby
How come you're such a Fake



For some context, this cover by Mark Lewis is one of a multitude of covers for comics that never existed that appeared in the two-part "The Big Bang History of Comics": a pastiche/homage of The Steranko History of Comics that ran in Big Bang Comics 24 & 27, presenting the fictional history of Big Bang comics from the golden Age to the present.