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schmevil (schmevil) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-05 17:17:00

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char: iron man/tony stark, creator: roberto de la torre, publisher: marvel comics, title: iron man

I am looking for...
Comic art that recreates or references famous paintings and sculptures, like the Wolverine Art Appreciation covers, or this page by Roberto De La Torre. Help me SDers, you're my only hope! (Ok, not my only hope, but help me anyway).

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	mysteryfan 2009-07-05 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Like this? http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=7970&display= (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-05 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, wait. I think I had the concept flipped around. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-07-05 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Still, those are awesome. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-05 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	There's a couple in Legion of Superheroes, during the Giffen/Bierbaum runs. I can't find the scan I had of the Last Supper (from issue 1 or 2, IIRC), but here's the Birth of Adam, from the Great Darkness Saga. (Reply to this) (Thread)

sigma7
2009-07-05 10:11 pm UTC (link)

The Last Supper pic -- of the LSV, if we're on the same page -- is from one of the first Baxter issues of Levitz/Giffen, so v3 #1 or #2.

Yes, a nitpick, but I'm one of those for whom "Bierbaum" functions as an emetic.

Also the cover of Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 seems spun from the same cloth as Michelangelo's Pietà, and we've seen that Crisis cover references/parodied more ways than I can count....

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	sigma7 2009-07-05 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	Also my Pietà HTML is borked. Sigh. I give up; I think everybody downthread's already got'cha covered. Great question, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perletwo 2009-07-05 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	Here's the Last Supper panel, from LOSH #2, baxter paper run: (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanekos 2009-07-05 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	wow, looking at some of those names, I keep thinking someone should have done " Legion of Super Villains as antimatter LOSH " by now. (Sun Emperor? Chameleon Chief? A Daxamite? What, is Polar Lord hanging out off screen?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-07-05 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty much in some cases. Esper Lass is also from Titan, Lightning Lord from Winath (being Lightning Lad's brother), Micro Lad from Imsk and so on. You NEEDED characters with broadly the same powersets to be a real challenge to as varied a team as the Legion. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-05 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, sankyuu. One thing that I like about this one - unlike most Last Supper references in comics, this has the right number of people - most usually only have 6 or 7. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mykie1234 2009-07-05 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	Good post idea!!! I must see more of these. (Reply to this)

	jkcarrier 2009-07-05 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	The Death of Captain Marvel: http://comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=35941&zoom=4 and Michaelangelo's Pieta: http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/print/2007/4/pieta-michelangelo.jpg (Reply to this) (Thread)

	goblinthebamf 2009-07-05 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	beat me to it!! it's actually been used a number of times, but "Death of Captain Marvel" is the most famous one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	goblinthebamf 2009-07-05 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/06/22/cool-comic-cover-gallery-the-best-pieta-covers/ http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2007/04/comic_book_cove.html (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-07-05 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	Good lord! I knew there were a lot of them, but... just wow. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-05 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	TV Tropes has a whole bunch of these. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sigma7 2009-07-05 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	That's the one I was thinking of -- I kept blanking on it and could only come up with the COIE cover. Good call. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gargoylekitty 2009-07-05 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	First thing I thought of. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-05 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, and Action recently did a fairly interesting take on the Pieta Plagiarism concept with Nightwing and Flamebird. (Those are the top and bottom panels of the page...the others focus on Ursa.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Gamma-ray Gothic: perletwo 2009-07-05 10:48 pm UTC (link)
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	Re: Gamma-ray Gothic: schmevil 2009-07-05 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	I've always loved this one. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Gamma-ray Gothic: yaspis 2009-07-07 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	That's awesome. Especially the little chicken on Shulkie's apron. Hee! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perletwo 2009-07-05 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	And here is a blog post that collects some Norman Rockwell parodies. Can't say as I'm familiar with these; I could swear I've seen somebody other than the one here do the triple self-portrait, though. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-05 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	The artist painting the JSA in this spread may be the one you're thinking of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-07-05 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, that must be it, seeing as I'm a DC girl. Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-05 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Nae problem. Thank you for reminding me of it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	strangething 2009-07-07 02:22 am UTC (link)
	I remember seeing a Hulk cover that parodied The Runaway a few years ago. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dejadrew 2009-07-05 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	I think Alan Moore's Promethea had a whole issue done in the art style of Van Gogh's Starry Night. I'm afraid I read it at the library, though, and don't have my own copy to scan. (Yet.) But I do have this Plastic Man cover: (Reply to this)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-07-06 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Is manga acceptable? The last two pages in my MW post show Osamu Tezuka referencing Aubrey Beardsley. (Reply to this)