Thursday, April 15, 2010

Aaron Conley covers Flash 177





















Original cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; DC 1968. Aaron Conley's website is here.

10 comments:

  1. A guy with a big round bright orange head was walking down the street with his girlfriend, and ran into a friend he hadn’t seen in years.

    The friend said, “Hey, it’s been a long time! What in the world happened to your head?”

    The guy said, “Oh, that. A few years ago I found a genie bottle in an alley. I rubbed it and a genie came out, giving me three wishes. My first wish was to be independently wealthy, which I happily am. My second wish was to have the most beautiful woman in the world. And, well, that explains my beautiful girlfriend. My third wish — and this is where I think I may have gone horribly, horribly wrong — was to have a big round bright orange head.”

    Source: The Amazing Johnathan

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  2. You know, that original cover is so bizarre that I don't think any rendition of it could ever do it justice.

    Really...
    The Flash...
    With a big, giant, round head.

    I'll have what Ross was smoking.

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  3. Anthony V sez:
    That guy in the foreground with the hat is supposed to be Carmine Infantino. The original is one of my favorite covers of all time....
    I like the simple color choices which Aaron made...feels "hot".

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  4. I love that in the original they went with the giant close-up instead of showing the Flash running. He looks like he could be straight off of an early EIGHTBALL cover.

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  5. I agree with Richard J. Marcel, that original cover is far too awesome for any straight reinterpretation to add anything to it.

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  6. Well, I like Conley's version for the new intense determination on The Flash's face, it cracks me up.

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  7. Apparently big head Flash is a time-honored tradition. Here's a couple of other wacky examples.

    http://www.comics101.com/guestlecturer//news/Guest%20Lecturer/14/17flash.jpg

    http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/3986_4_0000031.jpg

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  8. brilliant. I love flash's veiny head. it's so gross! i also like how the issue number at the top was changed for the date.

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  9. The sweat really makes this one. LOVE IT.

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