Creative UPC Placements* 2 2

[Get Marwood & I]

Bottom left normally isn't it.

Sometimes though, the layout man gets creative. Or woman of course. They can layout just as well. 

Got any more? 

*you'll never guess what's at the bottom of this barrel...

[Aman619]

Looks like poor coordination between the editor, pencillers and production department, as these upcs seem to have been placed err art was finished, and so as not to cover artwork... I thought the artists all worked on pre-designed boards given to them by the publisher.  I guess not 100% 

[Get Marwood & I]

1 hour ago, Aman619 said:

Looks like poor coordination between the editor, pencillers and production department, as these upcs seem to have been placed err art was finished, and so as not to cover artwork... I thought the artists all worked on pre-designed boards given to them by the publisher.  I guess not 100% 

Find me one with the UPC slap bang in the middle Aman. There's got to be one, surely. 

[OtherEric]

Not my copy, just grabbed the scan online.  Here's one dead center :

[Get Marwood & I]

5 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

Not my copy, just grabbed the scan online.  Here's one dead center :

That's not dead centre! That's the whole bloody cover!

[Ryan.]

2 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Or woman of course. They can layout just as well. 

[thunsicker]

 

8 hours ago, Ryan. said:

11 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Or woman of course. They can layout just as well. 

 

[mr_highgrade]

 

[mrwoogieman]

A variety of locations but none dead center...

[Get Marwood & I]

1 hour ago, mrwoogieman said:

A variety of locations but none dead center..

There's got to be one, surely.

[Get Marwood & I]

While we wait, I wonder why some Direct Editions are missing their picture UPC boxes when their corresponding Newsstand copies have them?

UPC box missing from Direct, present on Newsstand

   
UPC box present on both

[OtherEric]

5 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

While we wait, I wonder why some Direct Editions are missing their picture UPC boxes when their corresponding Newsstand copies have them?

UPC box missing from Direct, present on Newsstand

   
UPC box present on both

I'm pretty sure it's down to "did the artist draw something there" and "did the production team care to use it".  While I've never heard for sure, I would bet Adams drew a special image for issue #2 but production skipped it for some reason.  And if an artist drew something for the UPC area, it could just as easily be part of the regular cover image as a separate drawing:

[Get Marwood & I]

15 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

I'm pretty sure it's down to "did the artist draw something there" and "did the production team care to use it".  While I've never heard for sure, I would bet Adams drew a special image for issue #2 but production skipped it for some reason.  And if an artist drew something for the UPC area, it could just as easily be part of the regular cover image as a separate drawing:

In the case of my ASM #288 example though, why no standard Spidey head UPC on the Direct Edition as is the case on the #289 and almost all applicable issues?

[OtherEric]

3 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

In the case of my ASM #288 example though, why no standard Spidey head UPC on the Direct Edition as is the case on the #289 and almost all applicable issues?

Because production actually had the full art for that area and bothered to use it is my assumption.  I think that the art boards they used at the time had the UPC box already placed; some people ignored it, some drew special images (like the Longshots), and most left it blank.  If it wasn't left blank, it was a toss-up if production actually used the art there or just slapped in the spider-man head.

[Lazyboy]

On 9/20/2020 at 12:39 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

There's got to be one, surely.

[Get Marwood & I]

2 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

[Lazyboy]

2 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I don't think I want to know what the Direct edition looks like.

[Get Marwood & I]

9 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

I don't think I want to know what the Direct edition looks like.

Let's just say it's not Spidey's head 

[masterlogan2000]

22 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

 

The image you posted looked a little weird in that LLC.  I found a better one for you.

 

 

Also, can you imagine the premium this book would command these days?  This would be another Rifleman #10 or Alf #48.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by masterlogan2000

[masterlogan2000]

10 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Let's just say it's not Spidey's head 

Let the memes begin!!!!

I posted the "safe" Spidey head one above.