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The days go on, my face gets shaggier... Note the LEGO in that last one. I think I may have a few more LEGO ones in the pipeline.

I think the Mad Love cover and story have made it into classic territory at this point I know the site Comic Vine, but I hadn't seen that page. It's not uncommon knowledge in the comic world though. Probably the first homage I recognized as such was the Giant Size X-Men 1. I had X-Men annual 10, around age 11, and was delighted by it. And the whole "busting through" motif appears often enough, though half the time in X-Men connected books. The Deadly Genisis one was the last one I spotted. That story was heavy in X-Men continuity too, so it felt appropriate. The Spider-Man one they have is poorly written! Jack Kirby drew it, and they missed the most famous homage to it in their list! The Action Comics covers I don't know, except Spider-Man #306, which I bought when it came out, and if you look in the corner, he credits the original artists. True homages, and not just swipes, should credit the original artist. Scrolling through that page though, there are a number of classic, iconic covers not yet posted. Comic Vine is decent as a comics encyclopedia, and a good place to whittle away your time. I actually prefer the writing at Comic Book Resources though, and they have more than enough articles on covers to keep those interested busy : http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/01/the-50-best-covers-of-2009/ http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/the-50-best-covers-of-2010/ http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/01/the-50-best-covers-of-2011/

I honestly just don't love a lot of Batman artists compared to some other characters' artists. The great artists who worked on him were Neal Adams, Frank Miller, and David Mazzuchelli (IMO), and they've been shown here. Brian Bolland, the Killing Joke artist, has done some of my favorite Joker images, but they'd be really hard to MOC. His take on the classic laughing fish story: And then a variation on that, with a laughing cat: I've read a pile of Batman comics, but he's had two to three series a month for 50 years, and maybe five series a month for the last decade, so there's a lot I don't know. Maybe the Penguin's ears will perk up and he'll post some of his picks. Just thinking about it though, one of the later images which has been used and reused that I can remember, is the somewhat legendary one of Bane doing his thing: There are lots more to discover though

Pretty much all the X-men covers from about 100 to 143 could be argued to be iconic, it was such a strong run of comics that changed the industry. I had to pick and choose a few favorites. But that's a great one too! (How the X-men changed the industry: they became the top selling comic for 20 years, without any mass-media assistance. Around 1980, people knew Hulk, Spider-man, Batman, Superman, etc through cartoons, underoos, movies and that. The X-men had been on the verge of cancelation for years, and were virtually unknown outside of comics. That run of X-men turned that around and made it #1, and by 1990 there were three spin-off titles and a mini-series or two going, and most were top ten books. The X-men wouldn't become household names until the cartoons in the 90's, and then the movies in the 00's. I can't stress how rare this is, for a comic to be a best-seller on its own merits, and not on character recognition, and X-men did this for well over a decade, under one writer. So, X-men, from 94 to 143 became some of the most read and reprinted comics around.)

My daughter is almost four. She made a giraffe today and was quite happy about it:

I've never seen that first one, Green Lantern #1, but Animal Man 5 is one of the all-time great covers for me. Bolland did beautiful (and often psychedelic) covers through that first run, but that was the one that caught the eye most. So so good on many levels, and even better if you read the issue, then better still if you read the whole run. A rarity.

That Geof Darrow cover was pretty beautiful. Actually, I'm pretty impressed with a lot of the Marvel Now #1's I've seen. It's a pretty blatant counter-strategy to DC's New 52, but at least there aren't 52 of them The Uncanny Avengers was decent, but not great as a number one issue. The artist, John Cassaday, is impeccable, and the writer, Rick Remender, knocked his last gig on X-Force out of the park, but I wasn't sold on the choice of surprise villain. I'll check out the first six or so. I'm curious to read the new Bendis X-Men title too. The premise sounds terrible, but it has to be decent to have gotten this far into production.

Yeah, Superman "iconically" possibly destroying the Earth during WWII, or Batgirl's iconic stocking runs Honestly, the mature response would be, "Yeah, sorry." (imo).

Yup... there are lots of humorous/embarrassing comic covers, especially from the early Silver Age, but rarely do they make it to iconic status. But I get the feeling that wasn't pe668's intent anyway Moving on, X-Men 1 is famous for being X-Men 1 (And I will always love snowy Iceman and his black booties) I'll always prefer its new X-Men homage though, X-Men 104 Any of the Neal Adams covers could be called iconic, but the last stand of Cyclops against the sentinals is the one that stands out most to me. The second battle between the new X-Men and Magneto, Magneto just killing them. Amazing action here. One of Wolverine's first starring comics: My all time favorite comic, and one that cemented X-Men as Marvel's biggest franchise, the original death of Phoenix. This was the cover I wanted to MOC, but I really don't have any appropriate mini-figs. It's doable though. More classic Wolverine... He was still only in one comic at this point, if you can believe it! Comics starring Wolverine were a rarity! (Wolverine now stars in approximately 7,000 new comics a month ) Getting into the over-written time of Wolverine, he still had some iconic tales and covers. We have the Cap, the Wolvie, and the Black Widow for this.... I'd say X-Men has been able to keep pumping out iconic covers into a later era, mainly because Marvel has consistently thrown its most expensive talent at them. X-Men 1 became the biggest selling comic of all time (mainly because people bought five copies each), but it's a powerful cover nonetheless. Pics to big, it was a triple gatefold: http://sphotos-a.xx....911057303_o.jpg Arguably, the New X-Men Grant Morrisson run had some iconic covers, but I'll just choose as a last one of the Joss "wrote and directed the Avengers" Whedon's amazing Astonishing X-Men run from a few years back, which was a rarity, an instant classic. That's her phasing through her boyfriend, if you take the time to look... Impossible to moc though There were a lot of covers I had to not post, since there have been so many great runs on the X-Books. I think the ones I posted are the most memorable though. If you honestly think so, why not explain why they're iconic? It's subjective to be sure, but the two you posted don't qualify under any definition of the term.

Thanks, I've packed up my gear for the night, so maybe tomorrow

Actually I love that All-Star Comics one. That's a classic in so many ways. I love the image of heroes just hanging out in costume, around a big table A few of the Amazing Spider-Man covers I love: Spidey almost defeated: Unmasked by the Green Goblin! (One of the best comics, both covers and interiors!) In the eyes of Doc Ock! The Death of Captain Stacy! Morbius beating a six-armed Spider-man! Someone will die! The Goblin's Last Stand! Introducing the Punisher! Gotta stop! I could be here all night! Amazing Spider-Man, just on the covers alone, justifies his incredible popularity in the 60's and 70's. Remarkable pile of images there.

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I actually had Crisis 7 on the short list of covers to show , but I left it off (that and Batman 404, the first of the Batman Year One). It's very iconic, but in many ways an homage itself, of Michaelangelo's Pieta. If you're going to steal, steal from the best

As part of Superheroes month, I'm introducing this temporary topic. Normally, this would go in the Culture & Multimedia section, and maybe it'll be shuffled there after the fact, but for now, let's all consider the best in comic covers, and maybe inspire some of the less comic literate members of the forum with the best in the industry. For me, what is an iconic cover? The most obvious example is those covers that are burned into our memory, either through their power, or the reverberations they send through the comics world. Many of the great covers get homaged over and over again, cementing their status. It's very hard for new comics to be iconic, partly because it takes a generation to recognize that something's become "iconic", moving it beyond a classification of "very good." The two biggest categories of iconic covers are "introductory" ones, which made such a splash because of characters introduced, and "event" covers, which portrayed milestone stories. I tend to like the latter more, but everyone has their own tastes Introductory covers The grand-daddy of them all, Action Comics 1, first appearance of Superman (Here's an example of an homage to it) One of my favorite covers, Giant Size X-Men 1, which introduced the all new, all different X-Men, which are still top sellers to this day, over 35 years later. Fantastic Four 1 is among the most homaged covers ever, probably because it's still so fresh and fun. The introduction of Spider-Man has become quite iconic too: While DC didn't do so great at introducing iconic books in the 60's and 70's, they did a lot better in the 80's, like with the beautiful Justice League 1. As well as re-introducing Batman with The Dark Knight Returns 1, Event Covers These are the covers which shook the comic-reading world. These are somewhat rarer, since it takes a great combination of story and art to pull it off. A great cover on so many levels, and one of the weirdest superhero stories ever: Green Lantern 85: Another heavily homaged comic, the introduction of the multiverse in Flash 123: I'd actually say that Amazing Spider-man has had more iconic covers than most comics, partly because of how fresh it was, and how great the runs of John Romita Sr and Gil Kane was on that book (I love the original artist, Steve Ditko, but his covers were a little old fashioned). Here is the first time Spider-man quit: One of the later additions to the cover pantheon, was this Hulk cover which pretty much cemented the career of a young up and coming artist named Todd McFarlane, who shortly after was moved to the very high-profile position drawing Amazing Spider-man (Hulk is a marketable character, but his comics tend to be not so high-profile, until the last 10 years or so). Well, that's a start. What do you think are the iconic comic covers? Which do you think would look great in LEGO? From this list, a clever MOC'er could do the Dark Knight Returns justice, and a heavy-hitting MOC'er could blow the rest of us out of the park with a Fantastic Four 1 cover. Feel free to add your opinions and the covers which are iconic for you!

I think it does! Thanks!

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Lovely pics I'm truly a Marvel fan, since I was never a fan of fake cities and the, shall I say, 'cheese' of DC. But there have been series that hooked me in. A good story is a good story. If there were any characters I'd like to see: Animal Man... Mister Miracle with his flying discs, and his companions Oberon and Big Barda... Martian Manhunter... Those are the ones. They just tickle the weird in me Now I want to go back and read my old Animal Mans, but they're in Canada

For the contest, I really wanted to go with an X-Men cover, specifically, my all time favorite issue, Uncanny X-Men 137, but I just don't have the mini-figs to pull it off I will probably tweak this over the next few weeks, or try a issue of Spider-Man, probably my second-favorite series. While I was able to set this up, it was really hard posing the minis, and even harder to get the background to show up... Any advice would be taken seriously And this isn't my submission, but hoping to get the vibe across

I missed this before. Congratulations on getting the whole thing done without a hitch (it seems). It was interesting listening to the Torolug plan the strategy last summer. The reason I checked into this thread though... Is anyone going to try out for the master builder position? Just having it be in Vaughn makes it a major turn-off, but it would be interesting to see an EB member fill the position. http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1284460--legoland-discovery-centre-seeking-canada-s-first-master-model-builder-in-two-day-competition-in-toronto

Interesting interview with Mark Millar, the new architect of the Fox/Marvel cinematic universe. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42105

I think it's safe to say the story of the original trilogy is a lot better. Rescue the princess and blow up the Death Star vs Stop a trade embargo. Escape the Empire vs track down some guy called Dooku who ordered clones. Reunite the gang and defeat said Empire vs senator passes an evil resolution. I don't hate the prequels, but given any reflection, they fail on basic conceptual levels. Even describing the plot is challenging. They're basically stitched together with some solid set pieces. I like the stuff that isn't really relevant to the plots. I think if the concepts were there, new movies could astound.

Another +1 for Darkdragon, thanks

More drawing. Trying to be both realistic and stylized at the same time. Of all the women I've drawn in a month, this one came out the best.

Comics are like any art, and regularly making them is the best way to get good. I often go months without doing any, and the design and the flow suffers for it. Diary strips might not do it for you, but there's lots of ways to approach it. Last year, I did a few stories based on fairy tales set in the modern world, and did a few cultural/information things (posted at the start of this thread, I think). Even if you feel a story is tired, it might seem very new to people outside your social/cultural group. My challenge at the moment is to use (almost) no computers on my work, to build up my technical skills again, which have gotten worse. And writing too. Always writing...

I haven't seen the 2013 sets yet, I'll need to. To be honest, I was really turned off by the summer sets which had a lot of horses in it. Or were those the 2013 sets? I had too many flashbacks to my years working at Toys R Us, where the horse/pony aisle was next to the Barbie aisle. A soccer set and a karate set sounds a heck of a lot more interesting. It's remarkable, with all the posts in this thread, you think it all boiled down to units sold. Not a single person (or feminist as you call them) argued they wouldn't sell. Not one. With people who still think of the discussion merely in those terms, well, yes, "Feminists 0" indeed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My daughter likes the Friends cafe set, mainly for the intricacy of it, but she's still way more into Cars, particularly the V8 Cafe. That has to do with her being tempted by movies, which is another thing that needs to be considered when raising a kid. All part of being a parent. But I'm happy she's choosing what she likes from the Lego catalog and not simply what was in the girls section. I don't think she knows she's a girl yet though, all her friends are boys.