HOMAGE (AFTER . . . ) COVERS - CLASSIC ILLUSTRATORS GET SWIPED

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X-Men Unlimited (Beatles Abbey Road cover)

 

The Promethia comics with homage covers.

 

http://comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=7063

 

 

Alphonse Mucha (art nouveau) homage covers

 

Michael Turner did a few, too.

 

Norman Rockwell (Saturday Evening Post) homage covers

 

Raise the Dead #2

 

X-Force #77

 

Cyberella #3

 

Incredible Hulk (2nd Series) # 38

 

Adam Hughes created this postcard exclusively for a Canadian Comic Book Store

 

And then there are the Peter Max, James Montgomery Flagg, and Maxfield Parrish homage covers.

[followtheleader]

Nearly every Tom Strong cover is a homage.

 

My favorite is the old FF vs. Hulk tower cover.

 

Pat

[CDaBruce]

One of my recent faves:

 

 

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James Montgomery Flagg ("I Want You for the U.S. Army" - recruitment poster)

 

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Andy Warhol (Marilyn Monroe silk screen)

 

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Alphonse Mucha (art nouveau) homage covers

 

Strangers in Paradise #51 (Abstract Studios)

 

 

Strangers in Paradise #52 (Abstract Studios)

 

 

Strangers in Paradise #53 (Abstract Studios)

 

 

Betty Page: The 50's Rage (#2A)

 

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Alphonse Mucha (art nouveau) homage covers

 

Shrugged #0 Wizard World Chicago Ed. (Aspen)

 

 

Dark Ivory #1 Variant

 

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Norman Rockwell (Saturday Evening Post) homage covers

 

New X-Men #42 (Marvel)

 

 

 

Nexus #27 (First)

 

 

 

Flare #31 (Heroic) "The Four Freedoms: Freedom From Want"

 

 

 

Moon Knight #15 (Marvel)

 

 

 

Triple-A Baseball Heroes (Marvel) Buffalo Variant

 

 

 

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Promethea Cover references

 

(There is no similar list for "Tom Strong"

 

Promethea features countless visual references as well as textual ones. For the majority of the series, each issue's cover features an imitation of a particular artist or style. These imitations were often explicitly credited by Williams next to his signature.

 

1. "The Radiant Heavenly City" - no specific reference (this issue also featured a variant cover painted by Alex Ross)

2. "The Judgement of Solomon" - film noir posters from the mid-20th century

3. "Misty Magic Land"

4. "A Faerie Romance" - credited to William Morris

5. "No Man's Land" - credited to World War I poster artist J. C. Leyendecker

6. "A Warrior Princess" - credited to The Magic Carpet magazine artist Margaret Brundage

7. "Rocks and Hard Places" - romance comics from the mid-20th century

8. "Guys and Dolls" - credited to Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam

9. "Bringing Down the Temple" - stained glass window

10. "Sex, Stars and Serpents" - cover to The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, by Peter Blake

11. "Pseunami" - posters for 1950s sci-fi horror B-movies

12. "Metaphore" - credited to 1960s psychedelic rock concert poster artist Bonnie MacLean

13. "The Fields We Know" - credited to Maxfield Parrish

14. "Moon River" - credited to Virgil Finlay

15. "Mercury Rising" - credited to M. C. Escher

16. "Love and the Law" - credited to Peter Max

17. "Gold" - credited to Salvador Dalí

18. "Life on Mars" - credited to Frank Frazetta

19. "Fatherland" - credited to Vincent Van Gogh, specifically The Starry Night

20. "The Stars are But Thistles" - credited to Richard Upton Pickman, a fictional painter created by H. P. Lovecraft

21. "The Wine of Her Fornications"

22. "Et in Arcadia Ego..."

23. "The Serpent and the Dove" - credited to Alfons Mucha

24. "Cross, Moon, Star, Shapes in the Sand (Everything Goes Wrong)"

25. "A Higher Court" - credited to Winsor McKay

26. "Later..."

27. "When It Blows Its Stacks" - credited to Ross Andru, specifically the 1976 comic Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man

28. "Don't They Know It's the End of the World? (It Ended When You Said Goodbye)" - collage art

29. "Valley of the Dolls" - credited to Andy Warhol

30. "Everything Must Go!" / "Sun"

31. "The Radiant Heavenly City" - according to Williams, "an imitation of the tarot card 'The Judgement/The Aeon'" [1]

32. "Wrap Party" / "Universe" - credited "after the end"

[valiantman]

Another one for the Alphonse Mucha (art nouveau) homage covers...

 

Quesada...

 

[Bonds25]

Some great (and beautiful) covers have been posted - keep 'em coming!

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OK. THX.

 

Lady Death: The Wicked (2005) #1H (#1A w/Blue Foil logo)

The big breakout book for Richard Ortiz and his Mucha-Esq art nouveau style.

 

 

Lady Death: The Wicked (2005) #1F variant

Richard Ortiz Art Noveau Cover

 

 

Norman Rockwell

 

 

 

 

 

Off topic:

Many people rip Greg Land and others for swiping poses from fashion magazines.

Lay off. It happens quite often. Always has.

 

 

 

[mister_not_so_nice]

Not a direct interpretation, but CHRISTINA'S WORLD is a direct influence on this cover as stated by Fabry.

 

And it should be noted that this chapter of the story is called " Christina's World "

[followtheleader]

MNSN,

 

The Preacher is sweet. Completely made it his but was a nice reference to the original.

 

Pat

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THX, MR. NSN.

 

I ran out of examples.

 

I'll search/Google "Andrew Wyeth swipe", now.

EDIT: No results found for "Andrew Wyeth swipe".

It's the kind of thing one stumbles upon, I think.

 

WTG! POINTS 4 U!!

 

(Please, always cite the artist referred to.

Something like "Andrew Wyeth swipe" so that it is easily/obviously found in a Google search.

Just sayin'/askin'.)

 

THX, again.

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Not an illustration, but still an iconographic photo by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal.

Weird War Tales #3 (of 4) (DC/Vertigo)

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I'm really reaching, here. I think the comic came first.

 

Clasicos del Cine presents El Invencible

 

Andy Warhol "Triple Elvis"

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Maxfield Parrish/Alphonse Mucha

 

Mythography #1 (Bardic Press, 1996) Anthology

 

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Alphonse Mucha - Aria/Angela #1

 

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More "Saturday Evening Post" than Norman Rockwell

Rocket's Blast Comicollector #116 (Art by Don Rosa)