Friday, May 14, 2010

Rusty Shackles covers The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog 24





















Original cover by Gil Kane; DC 1955. Rusty Shackles website is here.

8 comments:

  1. Looks more like "Rex - The Stoned Dog", judging by the original cover.

    I'll suggest enlarging this covered version, otherwise you'll be missing out. Looking good, Rusty!

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  2. thanks aviv! I did tell Robert when I submitted it that I'm native american (Oneida and Menominee) so this cover always stood out to me, it's just so darn absurd. Kinda like the Batman as a indian chief image. That and taking a jab at the Cleveland Indians logo kinda worked itself into this piece.

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  3. Wow. Yours is such an improvement. Your rex actually looks more friendly, and less like he has rabies than the original.

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  4. Just realized that you did that great Thing/Sandman cover not too long ago. I dug that one as well.

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  5. The original almost looks like "Rex the Polar Bear". The new incarnation is a large improvement.

    Cheers!

    Steven G. Willis
    XOWComics.com

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  6. BOTH AWESOME in their own way! The first one just has me with it's oldschool, weird, "idea seeking" kind of way of finding topics for Comics. You know like: "Ah, with what kind of a mix can we come up with now??? We need ideas!"
    Love the pure Illustration and poster feel of Rusty's, there.

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  7. This needs to be a shirt. NEEDS, I say...

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