Thursday, February 15, 2007

Is This Gratuitous? Witchblade #104 Cover


Witchblade 104 Cover
Originally uploaded by Heidi Meeley.
I was reading an article on the Witchblade series over at Newsarama when I stumbled upon this cover for issue #104. My first thought was that it is an homage to the first issue cover. My second was that she seems to have a lot of junk in the trunk- wowee!

It just almost seems too easy, but I have to ask.... is this an homage or is it gratuitous? Or was it gratuitous in the first place?

With the Witchblade choosing a new bearer, it seems in order that the new would pay tribute to the old, so I don't find that odd at all. What I probably would have preferred is a close up of her face and the witchblade.

I tried to find out who the artist is on this quite interesting cover, but to no avail. Does anyone know who drew it so I can give credit?

Okay, here we go... is this gratuitous?

12 comments:

Swinebread said...

No, just silly.

klio said...

It's just the usual T&A. Alas, I no longer expect anything else. Nowadays I sit on my porch in my rocking chair, shaking my cane and posting my cynicism on random folks' blogs....

Unknown said...

Honestly? I think it is an homage to something that was gratuitous in the first place. :)

Lisa said...

It gets even MORE gratuitous inside:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_rzdB5a4kLAo/RdNaGmr-sUI/AAAAAAAAAdA/tzwCN5cHJL0/s1600-h/WitchbladePorno.jpg
since that inside art looks like the outside, and Top Cow doesn't list it with a different artist on the cover, I'm going to assume it's done by Adriana Melo inked by Mariah Benes.

I'm with Loren - it was gratuitous in the first place, so this one is no different.

inkdestroyedmybrush said...

so standard in the T and A department, with a bizarre twist in the hips so it qualifies as boring thanks. not gratuitous in context is what I would say.

Heidi Meeley said...

Swinebread- Yeah, you called it.

Heidi Meeley said...

Klio- I love it! I feel the same way some days...

Heidi Meeley said...

Loren- astute as always. The first cover was gratuitous and has continued in a long proud tradition of keeping up the T&A!

Heidi Meeley said...

Lisa, good lord! That link speaks for itself. Definitely worse.

Gratuitous from minute one.

Heidi Meeley said...

Ink- good observation. After seeing so many T&A panels, I am pretty desensitized as well.

ML said...

Gratuitous??? You have too much time on your hands to think. This is a comic book for God's sake. Question something else that matters, not the cover of a comic book.

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