Photo Covers...Thoughts? 1 1

[John R]

In general, i'm not a fan, but i do like some

[Kramerica]

I really like them. Subby #7 is a fave. ASM #262 even MTU 128! FF #33 is a legit classic as well.

[kav]

1 hour ago, John R said:

In general, i'm not a fan, but i do like some

this one is iconic.

[kav]

[comicginger1789]

2 hours ago, kav said:

This is not a photo cover.

It’s not a real life photo with character actors?

[kav]

1 minute ago, comicginger1789 said:

It’s not a real life photo with character actors?

no-most likely an inked drawing that was then painted digitally.  I have done similar.

[kccoig14]

This has always been my favorite photo cover. 

[iggy]

Don’t have one of these yet... want one.

[iggy]

This too

[THE_BEYONDER]

Hate

[ThothAmon]

Here’s my favorite....

 

[ThothAmon]

Some others I like. 
 

[iggy]

7 hours ago, kav said:

no-most likely an inked drawing that was then painted digitally.  I have done similar.

I disagree. It’s from 1983 so they weren’t painting digitally. More likely multiple photos that were combined using the pre-press printing technology of the time.

Edited October 15, 2020 by iggy

[kav]

3 minutes ago, iggy said:

I disagree. It’s from 1983 so they weren’t painting digitally. More likely multiple photos that were combined using the pre-press printing technology of the time.

if not digital then hand painted or airbrushed.  digital is common so thats why I thought digital coloring.  but absolutely not a photo.

[iggy]

Stan Lee photo cover. 

[kav]

2 minutes ago, kav said:

if not digital then hand painted or airbrushed.  digital is common so thats why I thought digital coloring.  but absolutely not a photo.

my bad it is indeed a photo cover.  pretty poor specemin IMO tho:

https://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2012/11/spider-woman-50-photo-cover.html?m=0

[ThothAmon]

1 minute ago, kav said:

my bad

We forgive you!

[iggy]

4 minutes ago, kav said:

if not digital then hand painted or airbrushed.  digital is common so thats why I thought digital coloring.  but absolutely not a photo.

To me it looks like several separately staged photos combined (you can tell the way the light hits the character’s legs etc. differently that they weren’t all in the same shots)... stripped together in production using old school production methods. Hard to tell if any of the characters were illustrated, but it’s possible...

[kav]

1 minute ago, ThothAmon said:

We forgive you!

[THE_BEYONDER]

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