Swipe File Archives

Swipe File: Tony Moore's Judge Dredd And eBay
  The original sketch is being sold by spartacus-is-cool on eBay… Though it does bear a similarity to this original Judge Dredd commission by Walking Dead co-creator Tony Moore… 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[...]
Swipe File: Inhuman And The Oscars
  From the latest issue of Inhuman… And the latest ceremony of the Oscars… 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[...]
Swipe File: The Wicked + The Divine + Doctor Who
But they've both got the casual lean… but who would you rather party with? 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[...]
Swipe File: Sergio Aragonés And Sergio Aragonés On Star Wars
This is the cover to Dark Horse's Sergio Aragonés Stomps Star Wars. And this is his Marvel cover for Star Wars #2, replacing the Berkeley Breathed cover, and delayed a few weeks as a result, from ComicBook.com In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]
Swipe File: Dead Drop And Captain Victory…
The new Dead Drop series coming from Valiant Entertainment… And Captain Victory #1 from Dynamite Entertainment from last summer…. 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?[...]
Swipe File: MPH And Eureka's Blink
Featuring speedsters hopped up on a disocovered wonder drug, MPH, that gives them excellent speeding skills, which they put to naughty use. But might it have had an earlier iteration as the drug of choice in the first season of Eureka, written by Chris Crosby – the man who co-founded Boom! Studios? Here are a few[...]
Swipe File: Ivar,Timewalker And Doctor Who
Ivar, Timewalker #1. Doctor Who. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKDtDtl13pA[/youtube] Even the title of the episode was that! 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[...]
Swipe File: Watchmen Vs. Today's Fantastic Four
It is possibly one of the most famous scenes in superhero comic books as, with a line, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons flipped a famous cliché in Watchmen and ended up naming the "You Are Too Late" trope in the process. And from today's Fantastic Four #642, the beginning of the final arc The End Is Forever… Comics[...]
Swipe File: Marvel's Run The Jewels And Fan Art
These are the originals. But that's not the swipe file we're looking at today Instead we're looking at a piece of fan art Which Juilan Lytle did last year, and got noticed by a lot of people, including Nick Gazin, the artist for the original Run The Jewels covers… In Swipe File we present two or more images[...]
Swiping And Biting The Hand Of The Year – The 14th Annual Rumour Awards
And everyone who worked at Marvel (apart from Tom Brevoort) seemed to want to tell me. It was even more biting-the-hand than the decision to let everyone else make Big Hero 6 comics – Disney Publishing, Yen Press and Joe Books – but not Marvel Comics themselves. Swipe Of The Year So many swipe files, so much time[...]
Swipe File: Jozef Szekeres And Chris Harris (GI Joe UPDATE)
It is copyrighted to me the creator, I have never given "creativecommons" license to the usage of my artwork, and that stands with my original art, and the variant changed and used bywww.chrisharrispresents.com Very true… say, does anyone recognise Chris' recent number from anywhere?   UPDATE: Here it is! From GI Joe… In Swipe File we present two or more[...]
Swipe File: Superman Earth One And Il Ragazzo Invisibile
This is the cover by Shane Davis for Superman: Earth One, published a number of years ago by DC Comics. And this is the movie poster for The Invisible Boy, a new Italian superhero movie… …with a comic book adaptation from Panini. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]
Swipe File: Gamora And A Stranger In Hell
On the left, an 1971 Esteban Maroto illustration from Eerie #38, a story called A Stranger In Hell. And on the right from a couple of years later when Jim Starlin's Gamora appeared in the Warlock comic series… Maybe they share the same tailor too? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to[...]
Swipe File: Mitch Gerard's Punisher… And Everyone Else's
So much so that he has integrated their work – into his! Whether its the character of Rachel Cole-Alves drawn by Marco Checchetto or Electro by Paul Azaceta, he can find a way! Hope there's no punishment for that! In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]
Swipe File: Conan The Barbarian And Sorcerer Hennet
Here is Conan from the upcoming Conan/Red Sonja series from Dark Horse Comics. And here is Sorcerer Hennet from the D&D 3rd Edition. Is it me or have they been to the same tailor? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]
Swipe File: Days Of Futures End Past
The classic cover to Uncanny X-Men by John Byrne. And from today's New 52: Future End… Whoa indeed. 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[...]
Swipe File: The White Shadow And Lady Death
On the left, the cover of L'Ombre Blanche by Antoine Carrion and on the right a sketch cover of Lady Death by Frank Cho, courtesy of Eurocomics USA Invasion… 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[...]
Swipe File: Daytripper And Feliz Aniversário, Feliz Obituário
As for the source of similarities, you'll have to make up your own mind whether Daytripper is a Daytrippoff or not… 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[...]
Swipe File: Kamiya Yuu Of No Game No Life
A Twitter account has been set up to look at the similarities between the work of Kamiya Yuu of No Game No Life and all manner of other manga work and we are promised a blog and wiki to follow. So here is the inspiration, the published work, and superimposition of one over another… [...]
Swipe File: Original Sin Annual And Zagor #85
This is Francesco Francavilla's variant cover to Original Sin Annual #1.   And this is Gallieno Ferri's cover for Zagor #85 from July 1972. Thanks to Eurocomics USA Invasion for the spot! 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[...]
Swipe File: Fairest And Mnemovore From DC Vertigo
From last year's Fairest #17, cover by Adam Hughes, published last year by DC/Vertigo… And from Mnemovore #1 by Mike Huddlestone, published last decade by DC/Vertigo…. 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[...]
Swipe File: Red Sonja And Red Reaper
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[...]
Swipe File: RiptApparel T-Shirt Design Vs. Mark Brooks' Voltron
  T-shirt design 'Assembled' for RiptApparel by Rabzilla. Artwork by Mark Brooks from 2002.   One on top of the other courtesy of Peter A DeLuca. Ensuing fuss! 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[...]
Swipe File: Bunny Suicide And Kellogg's Squares
A Bunny Suicide strip. And an ad for Kelloggs' Squares advert seen on Facebook. Or is that a Squash File? 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[...]