Swipe File Archives

Will your retailer let you have a peek? 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[...]

Although the solicitations keep up a monthly schedule, the book's publication has slipped and slipped. So what better way to try and help the schedule than by reusing artwork from previous copies of the comic? There have been a number of examples in recent issues, but this is probably one of the more egregious, one page[...]

Here's another, why not identify your own? Power Pack, Silver Surfer, Nick Fury, so much to steal from! 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. [...]

But was Grant Morrison's avatar in The Invisibles, King Mob, really an equivalent for Batman? Well, this scene from Morrison's The Return Of Bruce Wayne might suggest so… 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 drips, for example, become pastiche. I'm not sure if 2000AD publisher Rebellion will have the same definition of public domain… 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[...]

But it would be his comic Killing Joke, with Brian Bolland that would be picked up by South Park. Here's a few comparisons from last night's episode. 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[...]

Was the issue number similarity purely coincidence? Either way – more sex-as-expositionary-montages in comics please! In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree.  In Thematic Swipe File we look at similar approaches, ideas or indeed themes They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the[...]

I saw this ad on the tube yesterday. And no I didn't see an example of royal armour staring out of me, part of the new exhibition at the Tower Of London.

This is a piece of Rogue Trooper fan art that 2000AD and Dynamite artist PJ Holden drew for personal use online, coloured by Steven Denton. And these are

But I saw the trailer for this last week and was just waiting for the Eric Idle song. "Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving and revolving at nine hundred miles an hour…" Repo Men is out in the US on the 19th March and the UK on the 16th April. In Swipe File we present[...]

MillarWatch: Saturday's Scotsman's magazine profiled Mark Millar this weekend. Nothing particularly new, shocking or concerning his ongoing battle with

Also, doing a little checking (and yes, I know, this is slightly obsessive behaviour), about half the people who told Mark they'd block me… didn't. So to make up for that, if Mark Waid does a Twinterview with me, I'll donate $100 to Hero from my pocket. My other Twitterbattle this week was over the Swipe File[...]

Yippee-kay-aye! Swipe File understands presents images to comment on their juxtaposed similarities and/or differences and makes no allegation that either was inspired by the other Swipe File subscribes to the concept of IdeaSpace, synchronicity, ideas whose time has come, and all the rest. Yippee-kay-aye! Swipe File understands presents images to comment on their juxtaposed similarities and/or differences[...]

Tasty!!! Swipe File presents images to comment on their juxtaposed similarities and/or differences and makes no allegation that either was inspired by the other Swipe File subscribes to the concept of IdeaSpace, synchronicity, ideas of which their time has come and all the rest. Tasty!!! Swipe File presents images to comment on their juxtaposed similarities and/or differences[...]