Swipe File Archives

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[...]

But don't grieve too much, Marko has been on the other side of the Swipe File before…   n 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[...]

  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[...]

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[...]

Five days, folks… 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[...]

On the left is Ivan Reis' Green Arrow #0 cover, on the right is Daniel Sampere's new Green Arrow #35 promo image. Are they just a similar pose or is there a swipe going on? Swipe File investigates! Compare the muscle shading on his right thigh. The torso angle. The perspective problems on the right arm. And the prime exhibit,[...]

The Intercept looks at the US administrations's terrorist tracking programme. And discovers something unnerving. I mean, it discovers lots of things that

From today's New Avengers #21 with the Superman analogue from an incursing Earth, meeting his fate from Doctor Strange going all magicky apeshit… And when Superman was hit by nuclear force in The Dark Knight Returns. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies,[...]

Here is a scene from the upcoming comic Brainstorm, drawn by Dennis Calero. And this is Idris Elba in Pacific Rim, with a quick Google Imges search… 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[...]

Here is preview art from the new D&D Player's Handbook. And the character Violet from the ongoing Image Comics series Rat Queens. Considering how… liberally Rat Queens has borrowed its imagery, it's entertaining when someone tries to borrow it back! In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

Currently Rob Liefeld says that, after having to get the issue recoloured after a contre temps with a number of colourists, he is hoping for publication at the end of the month at Las Vegas Comic Con but will guarantee San Diego Comic Con. But that cover does rather resemble a rejected X-Force cover from October[...]

Can you find any other pieces so… inspired? 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[...]

From Watchmen... And from the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3lsJmwNO40 And from today's Earth 2...   And furtehr reading, including a rather

  From the 1954 Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, concentrating on the effects of comic books on children, especially horror and crime

Ryan Lindsay and Eric Zawadzki's early page for Headspace #1 from 2014. Brian Wood and David Gianfelice's opening page for Northlanders #1 from 2007.   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,[...]

You guys are awesome and we really appreciate the heads up and support Of course, Marko Manev does have form in this regard… 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,[...]

Appearing in this week's Original Sin #2… Exterminatrix. And appearing from IDW some years ago, courtesy of Gene Simmons…   But from Marvel Boy in 2006… Of course the Simmons family knows all about swiping… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences[...]

Comics!! http://t.co/ZDOlN5hwD2 — robertliefeld (@robertliefeld) July 20, 2013 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[...]

Just take a look at the opened can top—it is copied down to the last detail in a way that could not be mere coincidence. Now, before Koons made this Popeye sculpture, he also created an oil painting in 2008 called "Triple Popeye." They do have a point, don't they? In Swipe File we present two or more[...]

And has given us this. But does the final version trigger any memories of this previous design by Otto Schmidt?   It could just be that there are only so many ways to sit on a motorcycle… As ever, the Swipe File does not judge, it merely observes… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each[...]

This article used to host a swipe file showing two images, one by Tom Bryski, exhibiting at Wondercon, and another by Josh Ellingson created in 2008, that looked fairly similar, sent in by a reader. Tom got rather upset about this, demanded we take it down and threatened legal action Swipe File has covered the work[...]

Remember a certain opening scene with Rorschach in Watchmen? There you go… 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[...]

Today's Walking Dead continues the storyline from last issue, with Negan's plan to infect the weapons his crew use against Rick's crew with zombie stuff.

Accomplished cartoonist J Bone (currently seen drawing Saviors from Image) is currently fighting a certain Uncle Deadward (or Edward Wihnan) over what

But which hero (or villain) is behind his murder? But have we seen it before? Could someone else have the Watcher's Eye? What about Bangkok optician Top Charoen Optical? 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[...]

It's not often that a Swipe File makes a comic book in and of itself But if you combine this T-shirt design from Threadless… With this Strange Tales cover from Marvel Comics. Well, they work as a kind of swipe file flip book, don't they? And doesn't he look like he loves it? In Swipe File we present[...]

This is how the world ends, with the final page of Forever Evil #5. And this is that bit from Christmas' Doctor Who: The Time Of The Doctor. 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[...]

It's not meant to offend, it's meant to promote a speed dating night." But what there is, most definitely, is a swipe! From Chamber Of Chills #19, cover by Warren Kramer and Lee Elias, recently reused by IDW on Haunted Horror #1. Feminist, sexist or swiper? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each[...]

Marat Mychaels is working on a new issue of his comic, Blindside. Working on Blindside #2 pic.twitter.com/QZJJaVJ4 — Marat_Mychaels (@MaratMychaels)

It was more recently recreated by Phil Jimenez in Infinite Crisis #1 in 2005. 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[...]