Cover signature size

[Woomba]

How big is too big? When does artist' sig make your eyes bleed? Let me see some ridiculous samples.
http://images.comicbookresources.com/previews/imagecomics/spawn150/SPAWN.jpg

[Mike Haseloff]

CBR don't allow remote linking. :(

[The Human Target]

No hotlinking Maleev. We got the CBR sign.

What Mike just said.

[james michael]

BANDWIDTH THIEF!!!! :x

BURN THE VAGINAL VACCUUM!!! :x

[Woomba]

Damn it, I had it in the preview post showing.
It's the last pic of Spawn from this article:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5496

[Woomba]

BANDWIDTH THIEF!!!! :x

BURN THE VAGINAL VACCUUM!!! :x

Shut up, i didn't know I couldn't hotlink. :-x

[james michael]

Shut up, i didn't know I couldn't hotlink. :-x

its called HOTlinking... does it sound kosher to you? ;)

[The Human Target]

Damn page won't even let me blow the image up so I can see it. Fucking CBR.

What is this thread even about? Woomba is confusing.

[BWC Boston]

Woomba is confusing.
You say that about anything involving ladyparts.

[The Human Target]

You say that about anything involving ladyparts.

A) Thats true.

B) I'm gonna go google Woomba.

C) I just googled it. Now I understand that Maleev is dirty.

[Movie Maker]

A) Thats true.

B) I'm gonna go google Woomba.

C) I just googled it. Now I understand that Maleev is dirty.

dirty? or surprisingly clean? :shock:

[The Human Target]

dirty? or surprisingly clean? :shock:

Nice. You just wake up lazy ass? And did you score with any emo babes?

[Woomba]

Damn page won't even let me blow the image up so I can see it. Fucking CBR.

What is this thread even about? Woomba is confusing.


I am sorta ranting about how big the signatures of artists sometimes are on cover art. Seems like there is a great importance applied to the impact/size of the names everyone who laid a hand on a the piece of art as if this is the fucking Sistine Chapel.
The example I'm giving shows that the sig is bigger than Spawn's head in a pinup in which he IS the single character. That to me is a no-no.

[Movie Maker]

Nice. You just wake up lazy ass? And did you score with any emo babes?

surprisingly no. and surprisingly yes.

[Mike Haseloff]

I am sorta ranting about how big the signatures of artists sometimes are on cover art. Seems like there is a great importance applied to the impact/size of the names everyone who laid a hand on a the piece of art as if this is the fucking Sistine Chapel.
The example I'm giving shows that the sig is bigger than Spawn's head in a pinup in which he IS the single character. That to me is a no-no.The way that pic is set up (the informed can copy the URL from a quote, or the image properties and post it in their browser to see it full size) it make his signature too much of a feature of the art.

So, in that sense, I agree with you.

I don't have a problem with the size.
Just the importance put on it.

I actually like artists who are much more subtle, and hide their sig.
That's the ultimate end of the scale! Like a reneissance painter, I've forgotten who, who actually painted his name into the background of something.

[Bill?]

I think signature size is directly proportionate to the size of the artist's penis.

That’s, like, a science fact.

[The Human Target]

I am sorta ranting about how big the signatures of artists sometimes are on cover art. Seems like there is a great importance applied to the impact/size of the names everyone who laid a hand on a the piece of art as if this is the fucking Sistine Chapel.
The example I'm giving shows that the sig is bigger than Spawn's head in a pinup in which he IS the single character. That to me is a no-no.

Ah okay I totally understand now. That bothers me a little when it gets out of control. But I really get pissed when the damn bar codes ruin a totally beautiful cover. Why the fuck don't they stick them in the back or inside cover?


As a side note, my roommates girlfriend (who doesn't read comics and thought DareDevil was a girl until yesterday) thinks the DD cover I have as my wallpaper is pretty.

[The Human Target]

surprisingly no. and surprisingly yes.

Really? Well done. Did you promise to let them be in one of your movies?

[Yano]

Are you talking about this pic?

http://images.comicbookresources.com/previews/imagecomics/spawn150/spawn150.jpg (http://images.comicbookresources.com/previews/imagecomics/spawn150/spawn150.jpg)

If so, the size of it doesn't bother me too much. I can't really think of an example where the artist's sig was too big. However, like Mike H stated, there's too much importance placed on it, too much emphasis with the light color on the dark background. I like being able to see the signature of an artist, but I don't want it to take away from the art itself.

[The Human Target]

Are you talking about this pic?

http://images.comicbookresources.com/previews/imagecomics/spawn150/spawn150.jpg (http://images.comicbookresources.com/previews/imagecomics/spawn150/spawn150.jpg)

If so, the size of it doesn't bother me too much. I can't really think of an example where the artist's sig was too big. However, like Mike H stated, there's too much importance placed on it, too much emphasis with the light color on the dark background. I like being able to see the signature of an artist, but I don't want it to take away from the art itself.

The link doesn't work kiddo. CBR hates to let anyone use anything.

[Mike Haseloff]

The link doesn't work kiddo. CBR hates to let anyone use anything.If you'd copied and pasted it, you might have had better luck.

There are frustrating laws of logic where these things are concerned.

[The Human Target]

If you'd copied and pasted it, you might have had better luck.

There are frustrating laws of logic where these things are concerned.

Go chase a koala bear and leave this to the northern hemispherers okay.

[Mike Haseloff]

Go chase a koala bear and leave this to the northern hemispherers okay.One day you're going to provoke me into making all the buildings in your city disappear underground.


Then you'll have no choice but to acknowledge my superiority. :no:

[The Human Target]

One day you're going to provoke me into making all the buildings in your city disappear underground.

Then you'll have no choice but to acknowledge my superiority. :no:

:surrend:

I admit you're superior.

At something.

[Mike Haseloff]

:surrend:

I admit you're superior.

At something.Shouldn't you be busy furrowing your brow, and trying to see the magic picture? :roll:

[The Human Target]

Shouldn't you be busy furrowing your brow, and trying to see the magic picture? :roll:

Its a schooner, not a sailboat pony tail boy!

[Girlfriend In A Coma]

I much prefer the artist's signature being a more subtle element. It's not so much the size of the signature in the Spawn picture for me, it's the fact that it's like neon freakin' green and right in the middle of the bloody page. It immediatly draws the eye and ruins it....but then, it's Spawn so I'm not too distressed over it.

I think a lot of artists put too much stock in their little signature frame too but that's just a personal beef I suppose.

[JABSEN]

I am sorta ranting about how big the signatures of artists sometimes are on cover art. Seems like there is a great importance applied to the impact/size of the names everyone who laid a hand on a the piece of art as if this is the fucking Sistine Chapel.
The example I'm giving shows that the sig is bigger than Spawn's head in a pinup in which he IS the single character. That to me is a no-no.I can see it.But I can't really think of any other examples

[Girlfriend In A Coma]

I can see it.But I can't really think of any other examples


There's always Liefeld who puts more effort into a signature than a background.


I often neglect my backgrounds so I really shouldn't talk but...meh...

[Smokinblues]

I am sorta ranting about how big the signatures of artists sometimes are on cover art. Seems like there is a great importance applied to the impact/size of the names everyone who laid a hand on a the piece of art as if this is the fucking Sistine Chapel.
The example I'm giving shows that the sig is bigger than Spawn's head in a pinup in which he IS the single character. That to me is a no-no.

I've seen some fairly big ones that fade into some of the linework that made me go wow. But yeah - Big ones detract. That spawn picture - why is the little sig box right in spawn's crotch?


The only sig's I remember seeing recently were Terry and Rachel Dodson's. I love their work - but sometimes the signature is ill placed.

[Yano]

The link doesn't work kiddo. CBR hates to let anyone use anything.

They are the spawn of the devil!!!

Just kidding. People hotlinking my graphics irritates me, too. But still!

THEY CAN'T STOP ME! FIGHT THE POWER!

http://www.yanowhatimean.com/art/comics/spawn150.jpg

[Woomba]

They are the spawn of the devil!!!

Just kidding. People hotlinking my graphics irritates me, too. But still!

THEY CAN'T STOP ME! FIGHT THE POWER!

http://www.yanowhatimean.com/art/comics/spawn150.jpg
Thanks for posting it, but I had the black and white in mind, further down the site.

[PeterSparker]

I see the one you're talking about AM, and you're right its bigger than his head and is way too prominent with all that white space behind it. It might not be that bad if there were larger details in the same amount of space, but like that it just destracts.

[Yano]

Thanks for posting it, but I had the black and white in mind, further down the site.

Oh wow. I didn't even see that one.

http://www.yanowhatimean.com/art/comics/SPAWN.jpg

Damn, that's horribly blatant.

Yeah, you're completely right. The signature is just too much here, it's not even pretending to be part of the art or trying to blend in.

It's a bit much.

Then again, maybe it'll look different once the color is added.

[TheKraken]

It's sort of appropriate on Spawn, considering Todd McFarlane is the first guy I remember making his signature about 10 feet long on every cover...