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Swipe File: Red Sonja And Red Reaper

Published Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:30:40 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:22:10 -0500

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Okay, the bottom bit of the Swipe File always talks about how Bleeding Cool doesn't judge regarding swipes. How we understand that they are often part of the creative process. And we let you judge. But this one? Let's just say it's an interesting one.

In 2008, Robert Rodriguez was looking at a Red Sonja movie. Posters were made for tone. Such as this one.

And the DVD cover for Red Reaper

That is… quite some similarity. After the X-Men Swipe the other day, what's going on right now?

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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