The blog of Mark Allen, producer of Suspended Animation, a 20+ year old syndicated comics review column conceived and created by Michael Vance. F.C.C. is also the first fan site of the Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection, which seeks to collect, preserve and publicly display the work of Oklahoma comics writers, artists, and their associates.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
"This One Has It All!" - Tribute To Another Popular Cover Concept
Produced by Mark Allen. Music by Dan-O of www.DanoSongs.com. Developed and used primarily by Marvel Comics, the segmented cover, displaying various action sequences, and/or touting several different story lines, has often been employed to increase the attractiveness of a comic book. Exclamations such as, "All this, and MORE!", "Don't miss this issue!", or the always-dependable "This one has it all!" were sometimes used to ramp up the urgency for the fan to purchase said issue. This concept also produced some of my personal all-time-favorite covers. Who knows? Maybe some of yours are up there, as well.
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