{"id":4766,"date":"2012-11-13T09:13:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T16:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=4766"},"modified":"2012-11-13T09:13:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T16:13:24","slug":"comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-137-simpsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-137-simpsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed #137 Simpsons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><em>Simpsons Comics <\/em>#4 utilized an &#8220;infinity cover&#8221; design by <strong>Matt Groening<\/strong>. Nine years later, they swiped their own cover!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"bottom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/simpsons-004.jpg\" alt=\"the Simpsons #4\" title=\"the Simpsons #4\" \/><br \/>\nSimpsons Comics #4<br \/>\nMay 1994<br \/>\nMatt Groening\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"bottom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/simpsons-085.jpg\" alt=\"the Simpsons #85\" title=\"the Simpsons #85\" \/><br \/>\nSimpsons Comics #85<br \/>\nAugust 2003<br \/>\nMatt Groening\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><u>On Ebay<\/u>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22simpsons%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Simpsons<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On AtomicAvenue<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicavenue.com\/atomic\/SellerIssues.aspx?XT=1&amp;T=simpsons&amp;S=cyberspacecomics\" target=\"_blank\">Simpsons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics. Simpsons Comics #4 utilized an &#8220;infinity cover&#8221; design by Matt Groening. Nine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swiped-comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4767,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4766\/revisions\/4767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}