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Swipe File: Valiant And NATO

Published Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:00:41 -0500

Last updated Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:24:33 -0500

Valiant Entertainment has had a few logos over the couple-of-decades.

Before it settled on the current design, by Rian Hughes.

But at its heart, is there something else inspiring it? That has now been revealed more than ever by the current logo?

That's the current emblem of NATO, established in the fifties. Of course there are most likely based around this compass symbol.

But by taking away the 45 degree points from the Valiant logo, and creating a thicker circle line, they are totally into NATO territory. Which should be useful in the event of international nuclear warfare caused by an out of control X-O unit…

In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox. We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are unable to do so, please return your eyes to their maker before any further damage is done. The Swipe File doesn't judge, it's interested more in the process of creation, how work influences other work, how new work comes from old, and sometimes how the same ideas emerge simultaneously, as if their time has just come. The Swipe File was named after the advertising industry habit where writers and artist collect images and lines they admire to inspire them in their work. It was swiped from the Comic Journal who originally ran this column, as well as the now defunct Swipe Of The Week website.

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