Swipe File Archives

The cover to IDW's new The Cape comic book for December, based on a short story by Locke & Key's Joe Hill, and the classic Dan Jurgens cover for

And yes, that is George Perez, artist of the cover, in the posed photo... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some

Mike McMahon's Judge Dredd has been admired by many - and copied by some. On the left, McMahon art from "Umpty Candy", 1979 and on the right, Ian

Brian Bolland has had an interesting time of it, fighting the artist Erro, initially exposed by this website, as a high art swiper. Well, Brian, here's

When Darren Aronofsky collaborated with Frank Miller to pitch a Batman Year One movie based on the Miller/Mazzucchelli mini-series, he quoted Taxi Driver

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

Hoodies make for strange bedfellows - the cover to Ultimate X #1 by Art Adams and the cover to Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Volume Two #1 by Bret Booth. In

Doesn't it feel the one of these is the sequel to the other? Both issue ones, both on sale, one from Marvel, one from IDW, today in the US, tomorrow in

Daredevil hasn't yet been made into a Silly Bandz or a Character Bandz. Even though Abomnation has. There's no justice. But Jock's cover art from

What is it with arching back bald men with small hooked noses that Jae Lee just loves? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each

This is the new look for Lady Death, as seen in the Free Lady Death Premiere and Lady Death #0, and appearing on the cover of Lady Death #1 for January.

Chris Burnham was running an Officer Downe competition on his website to win origi nal art - the challenge was to find all the swipes he used. Well, here

This is the cover the the Washington Post magazine featuring Frank Cho in a recreation of his Liberty Meadows image for his Paris exhibition. It's part of

Her new album Bionic. And another, earlier, more familiar Astro Boy image... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some

Two comics. Both written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. One featuring the Legion Of Superheroes. Another featuring the Gladiator of the Shi'Ar Guard -

Is this a little more sensitive than usual, considering Marvel's current owners? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to

A Frank Quitely cover to the Vertigo vampire series from a few years ago, Bite Club, that would probably have done a lot better if it was published now...

From Now Comics 1988 From IDW in 2010 With just a little for seasoning... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some

    Oh, but this is beautiful. I mean I can't really call this a swipe. It's a homage, but one that goes far further than a simple image. The

Submitted by Little Bleeder Trevor Phillips. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages,

Now this is going back. To Greg Land's early career drawing a comic book Stormquest for Caliber in 1994. And not only did it sound a little like an Image

I love a good self-swipe. I mean no one can really criticise you for reusing a good pose every now and then can they? Although I think the Black Widow

Well, the third one has been out for a bit, the first one is playing on the DVD right now and suddenly I saw... Is it just me? It is, it's just me isn't

This post is going to play havoc with my Google traffic I'm sure. Anyway. Anyway, this is PASWG (oh by the way don't even google image search the

For a while Greg Land had a reputation for swiping from various sources, photographic and comic. But it's always nice to see when he swipes from

So there are a bunch of fans of Joss Whedon's Firefly and Serenity fans who spend their days and possibly nights creating space ships that might exist in

Last year, Brain Scan published Watchmensch by me and Simon Rohrmuller. A commentary on the comics industry over the last seventy years using the language

I don’t write that much about mainstream superhero comics because I don’t find very much that’s positive to say about them. They seem trapped in a

Not too long ago, representatives of Radical Comics contacted artist Rudy Vasquez and asked if he would do a new book for them "Driver For The Dead". They

Jon Schiller Design creates a number of toys, prints, designs and images. But some of them feel a little familiar. Especially when compared to a series of