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Better covers through logo placement
The trade dress really makes this one a winner.
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16 Comments
Michael P.
June 19, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I dunno, we're still looking right at Venom's area.
Trebbers
June 19, 2009 at 4:57 pm
It's insane, this symbiote's taint!
Chris Bloom
June 19, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Bad touch! Bad touch!
joeschmoe2
June 19, 2009 at 6:38 pm
This piece of crap is both poorly designed and poorly executed. It looks like he bagged himself on the logo and it caused him to barf up a giant crab claw and a pack of peppermint life savers. If you dug up Jack Kirbys dead hand, put a pencil in it, and ran some electricity through it, it would turn out a better cover!
rwe1138
June 19, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Reminds me of that Marvels cover featuring Hank Pym.
Why does he have a bullseye on his palm?
JackKing
June 19, 2009 at 6:42 pm
The bullseye is Bachalo's signature.
rwe1138
June 19, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Huh. Okay. Personally, I think it's too big and distracts from the main image. But maybe that's just me.
Bill Reed
June 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm
But what gams, huh?
Alan Coil
June 19, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Define trade dress.
Nitz the Bloody
June 19, 2009 at 7:55 pm
appropriate that they have the logo label over Venom's most Sinister part....
Scumbo
June 20, 2009 at 11:40 am
Terradaloo the Bob
Dan Felty
June 20, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Does anybody else think the face looks like the Tick?
Dan Felty
June 20, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Also: Is this a common trade dress for this event, or did they just have to stick the logo in the middle because there wasn't room at the top?
Brad Curran
June 20, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Chris Butcher's gonna call us homophobes again for this, Bill. Thanks.
Brad Curran
June 20, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Well, to be more accurate, I think he was criticizing us for not knowing what penises looked like in underwear? I forget.
Joe Shmoe
June 20, 2009 at 4:15 pm
If you dug up Vince Colletta's dead arse, stuck a brush in it and made it fart, it would turn out a better cover--!! But that's pretty much been the case with almost every Marvel and DC cover from the last 25-30 years, so what else is new?