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Flavio Sapha
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Posted: 04 January 2012 at 7:43pm | IP Logged | 1  

Yeah, corrected. Felt bad about being as snarky as that.
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Stephen Churay
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Posted: 04 January 2012 at 7:50pm | IP Logged | 2  

I don't see a reason for an "After Byrne" credit.

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I agree. There a definite inspiration, but I wouldn't call it an homage or
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Shaun Barry
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If any villain holds up any hero with one arm, there's only so many ways you can draw that, you know?

I'd vote for "inspired by," if even.

 

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Paul Simpson Simpson
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What if the guy never saw those covers ?  I think that maybe unlikely, but possible.
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Joel Tesch
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Yeah...at most "inspired by" and we don't even know if that was the case. Definitely no "After Byrne" credit needed.
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Shaun Barry
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Posted: 04 January 2012 at 9:16pm | IP Logged | 6  

(And since when did DC decide to cross OMAC with Dory from FINDING NEMO...?)

 

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Mark Haslett
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Questions for those saying JB's work is a "definite inspiration" for the OMAC cover -- what makes you so sure?

Isn't the victorious super-being lifting his vanquished foe over his head kind of a fundamental gesture?

JB didn't invent that pose -- and besides that pose, there are no details that link the OMAC cover to JB's. Different framing; different gesture in the victor, different eyelines, different pose for the defeated body, no background -- what makes the link to JB so definite to some out there?
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Paulo Pereira
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Well now. This is interesting...


BTW, what's with this "Frankenstein" business?
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Mike Norris
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He's the Star of Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. which is crossing over O.M.A.C. this month. He's the leader of a team of a modern day Creature Commandos. 
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Nathan Greno
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This feels like a witch hunt.
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Andy Mokler
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Before scrolling down to the JB covers, my first thought was of them.  Definitely "inspired by" IMO.
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Mike Norris
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Well, I think Keith Giffen might have other inspirations. Assuming he designed the cover(s)
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