Alf comic book covers

If its new and someone thinks its a beautiful piece of comic art, its fair game. Avengers comic book covers through color current the visual evolution of earths heroes avengers lineup over the years. That kind of artwork is perfectly suitable as well. Sep 26, 2016 this, then, launched the era of comic book gimmick covers. Alfs old girl friend from melmac crash lands on earth and takes up residence with the tanners and alf in the return of rhonda. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. The countdown concludes for the final issue of alf with part 4 of th th th thats alf, folks alf weidersehn in which a melmac wedding takes place and then the alien task force closes in on alf. One of the reasons that i chose a time frame instead of going for the best of all time is because the art of the covers, the methods of creating them, and the role that covers play has changed drastically over the history of the comic book industry. Variant covers are a large part of comic book collecting with each cover giving readers something new to collect.

A variant cover also referred to as a variant edition refers to a comic book issue with multiple different covers produced. Sometimes these are just a different artists version of the cover or contain a different art style. Comic book covers are often beautiful works of art. Cats, it seems, were something of a delicacy on melmac, and alf was continually.

Alf holiday special cover reinking by therealsneakers on deviantart. At this stage, you might also want to include your name and the names of others involved in your project. Comic book version of the tv sitcom and cartoon that aired on nbc from 1986 to 1990 featuring an alien life form alf living with a family. The title character is gordon shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed alf an acronym for alien life form, who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middleclass tanner family. Depending on who you talk to these covers can be seen as a positive or a negative to the comic book industry, with many arguments on both sides of the fence. Alf 3, 1988, comic version of tv sitcom, marvel a3. Most early diecut covers for comic book gimmicks were pretty awful. Share your favourites and tell us why you love them in the comments sections. One of the great things about the comic book industry is that there are so. When mark finds the proof hes looking for, alf is able to give him temporary amnesia with a little pill called a time capsule, aka the melmacian.

While many people remember alf as the star of the 80s sitcom about an alien from the planet melmac who secretly lives with a human family, alf also got a childfriendly comic book, which lasted for several years. Here you can find over 23,000 scans of vintage comic book covers, all unwatermarked and yours for the taking. Aug 22, 20 variant covers are a large part of comic book collecting with each cover giving readers something new to collect. Unless you count some talking trees, mark is the first threatening villain to surface in the alf comic book in quite some time, ever since the coat burglar was properly subdued over 20 issues ago. Between the books two covers is a treasure chest of art developed by some of marvels finest artists from the golden to the modern age. One of the great things about the comic book industry is that there are so many comic book covers for us, as designers to look at. In comic books, an intercompany crossover also called crosscompany or company crossover is a comic or series of comics where characters that at the time of publication are the property of one company meet those owned by another company for example, dc comics superman meeting marvels spiderman, or dcs batman meeting marvels wolverine. An alf comic book was published by marvel comics under their star comics imprint, a line that featured licensed characters such as heathcliff, thundercats, flintstone kids, muppet babies, count duckula, and other famous characters. This subreddit celebrates all sorts of comic book covers.

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Cover inks are bright with high reflectivity and minimum of fading. It was the first television series to be presented in dolby surround sound system. Judging by the covers, things got, well, a bit weird. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. Comic book version of the tv sitcom and cartoon that aired on nbc from 1986 to 1990 featuring an alien life form. Comic book covers are arguably the most important image in the book. Alf comic books alf tv with images comics, comic books. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option. Aug 17, 2016 comicsalliance collects 200 comic book covers celebrating the holiday season.

Nov 9, 2017 this pin was discovered by lesley smith. Price new from used from foam book, january 1, 1988. Alf comic book christmas comics, comic books, comic book covers. Designed as a parody of sorts of the xmen, the team were known for featuring a bunch of oddball characters and bizarre imagery. Unfollow comic books alf to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Gordon shumway is an alien from the planet melmac who crashed his spaceship into the tanner family home sometime after the destruction of his home planet. The best design for your cover art will incorporate elements of composition, psychology, and. The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. Alf 1988 23 with images alf, comics, cartoons magazine.

Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Lucas felt having a comic book would be important to explaining the film to people. Below are the two covers for the alf comics magazine. The amazing spiderman 1976 the first official intercompany crossover of recent decades. Creating an attractive comic book cover is necessary to draw people into your comics and capture their interest. Back in the late 1970s, before star wars became one of the biggest blockbuster films of alltime, george lucas was worried about how audiences would respond to his new project, so one of the ways that he helped to promote the film was to do a tiein comic book series with marvel comics. This week we feature the marvelatlas western titles. Alf christmas marvel 200 comic book covers celebrating the holiday season. Get the best deals on alf comic book collections when you shop the.

The original cover depicted superman, in civilian attire with his. Most comic book lovers pledge allegiance to either dc comicsfeaturing that famous alien from krypton and aquaman, among many othersor marvel comics, which gave us the webslinging spiderman, the new mutants and patriotic captain america. The clone warsgauntlet of death grimm fairy tales presents the dark one. This is my list of the 100 best comic book covers from the period 1980present. Find this pin and more on comic book covers by john. Alf comic book by marvel 50 issues, 51 covers mar 1988 to feb 1992. Comic book panels comic book covers vintage childrens books vintage comics vintage kids creepy kids thing 1 free comics funny comics this is an image of alf you will never unsee. Then alf tells willie and kate about the time he went undercover on melmac in all my lifes a cycle.

I didnt want to just limit it to covers as a lot of people get various commissions made or get sketches done at art shows. Pin by candy franks 1 on alf with images comics, comic. Alf s old girl friend from melmac crash lands on earth and takes up residence with the tanners and alf in the return of rhonda. Alf christmas marvel 200 comic book covers celebrating the holiday season alf holiday special cover reinking by therealsneakers on deviantart published by marvel. Home labs random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser.

Take your paper and pencils and do a preliminary sketch of your characters. Comic book characters comic character cartoons magazine childrens christmas books christmas comics christmas cover christmas holidays xmas best comic books. Share your favourites and tell us why you love them in the comments. Alf comic read alf online for free read comics online. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. Oct 21, 2017 alf pogs reacted to a post in a topic. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. The alf comic book series 19881992, marvel comics consisted of 50 regular issues, 3 annuals, and 3 specials. In fairness, the whole xstatix title was a little bit out there, to say the least. Vintage 1988 alf 1st issuemarvel comic book good condition 80s tv. Mar 01, 2018 i didnt want to just limit it to covers as a lot of people get various commissions made or get sketches done at art shows. Alf christmas marvel 200 comic book covers celebrating the holiday season comic book characters, comic. See more ideas about alien life forms, 80 tv shows and alf tv series.

This one is a comic book cover that left many perplexed, particularly those who call great britain home. Old comic books, vintage comic books, vintage comics, comic book covers, my books, marvel comics art, old comics, post apocalyptic movies. Western gunfighters 1956, western outlaws, and western outlaws and sheriffs. The copublication of the comic adaptation of mgms the wizard of oz by marvel and dc made possible future intercompany crossovers between the two comic book giants. Im not really sure if much needs to be said about this cover. Alf comic book covers for all alf comic books for sale alf comic book covers.

One of the few new characters to make a splash in the modern era of archie is cheryl blossom, and this is the issue where she made her debut. Most controversial comic covers of all time screenrant. Here, then, are the 10 best gimmick covers ever released. The tanners throw him a farewell party, have a very emotional goodbye and drive him to the outskirts of town to meet his friends ship. Oddly similar comic covers january 12 alf pogs reacted to a post in a topic. As time went by, the various comic book companies would compete against each other to see who could come up with the most innovative use of new technologies, like holograms and foil covers. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. Once the rough design for the cover panel is on the page, you can start cleaning up your lines and penciling in details. These vintage kids books are a major fail, but theyre also hilarious. How to design a comic book cover with pictures wikihow. Here are the 15 most controversial comic book covers of all time.

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