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Wednesday Trending Topics: Banner Ads On Comic Book Covers

Published Thu, 26 May 2011 00:45:31 -0500

Last updated Thu, 26 May 2011 00:45:42 -0500

As Rich said earlier today, that Strange Adventures cover does look a bit strange as printed, and not for the intended adventurous reason. Of course, this is not the first time advertising or marketing has appeared on the front cover of a comic book. Since Paul Pope is a Kirby fan, and since I'll use any excuse to bring Kirby into these little nightly intros, the first thing that popped into my head when I read this story was the Simon & Kirby Win A Prize cover at right — another rather prominent example of the sometimes jarring juxtaposition between art and commerce in comic books.

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