dpk431 #003: Cover
The cover to dpk431 #003 is intended to be an amalgam of posters from the immortal Rocky pentalogy. Though I guess if we want to be accurate, we’d need to include Rocky Balboa and call it a hexalogy. Or maybe even a heptalogy if we count Creed. Seriously this is the crap I think about when I can’t fall asleep at night. But back to Rocky…
- Rocky: I tried to lean into the look and font of the original Rocky poster, using Arial Black as the primary font. And when I say Rocky, I mean Rocky Balboa, not this guy. Or, now that I think about it, this one.
- Rocky II: Next, I attempted to mimic the Rematch of the Century template (left and lovingly pirated from DVDs Release Dates), using Rockwell Extra Bold to mimic the closed II.
- Rocky III: While not apparent on my version of the cover, I want to capture the face-to-face aspect of Rocky Balboa vs. Clubber Lang, if and when I get someone to draw Calgary vs. Demon nose-to-nose for the final version of this cover. My prediction on that?
- Rocky IV: I love the reversing of colors from the original, the white font now on black background.
- Rocky V: Nothing. Not even I couldn’t enjoy that one. And I grew up in Philly.
Cover Notes:
- Not depicted is Dark Punishing Knight, his head jammed in front of the poster with a stupid grin and double thumbs up. Not enough to obscure the view, but not a Kakashi cameo either.