#spoof book covers

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

[current-comix]

John Royle

[thesebooks]

"World's Largest Coats" — The mind boggles at the size of the coat hangers. Wow.

Original title: "Thunder out of China" by Theodore H. White & Annalee Jacoby (1980)

[machetelanding]

Married...with Children 2099 (NOW Comics; 1993)

[absurdities-of-hypofox]

Another "Berk" - this one is a homage to one of the videogames I often enjoy playing and streaming along with my partner in crime Morke.

[bobauthorman]

Out of pent up sadism, I’m gonna subject your fragile eyes to this.

[norsesquirrelgod]

I really should write this would-be book. Naturally, a penguin would know that you CAN’T TRUST PIGEONS.

[clairethecutepup]

"Flying Worst Class" Cover Art

If you thought flying "coach" was bad, try...

*****

Here comes one of my current projects, inspired by the film: Airplane!, a spoof film from the late 80's.

When the two pilots of their plane are suddenly incapacitated-- because sometimes it's honest intolerance and not overdramatic veganism, when someone acts all "dramatic" over ingesting milk --Ookami suddenly finds herself needing to commandeer the aircraft, along with Sherubi, lest it literally crash and burn! That'd certainly spell disaster, when the plane has many things depending on its landing: the safety of a visiting US ambassador that could affect relationships with the country, the Torres Sisters and the money they have to save the local orphanage, the cure for cancer and the person who's capable of making more, and a celebrity!

Oh, there's also the random innocents on board; but they're not as important, if we're being honest. The only other important person is Claire, through bias of being the protagonist's daughter, who needs to be safely landed and be transported to her life-saving surgery. So yeah, a pretty big deal, overall.

Can Ookami safely land the plane or will the aircraft fall harder than the attempts at "comedy" the real Claire Vlcek likes to think she's capable of? Read the eventual story to find out!

On a side note, I am so tempted to just stick to black and white comics, despite people saying they prefer color, because coloring is a PAIN... How the heck do you make it easier in Clip Studio Paint?

PS: No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, Ookami's arms are that long, being a wolf-hybrid sees her with arm length equal to her legs'.

[ultradude13]

Spoof #5

[doodlegraveyard]

SeroIida Week 2k23 Day 5: Unexpected

SO I MEANT THIS TO BE A JOKE / PLACEHOLDER BUT I think this is the greatest thing I’ve ever made??? I initially had fics planned for today and yesterday but as someone who doesn’t write nearly as often as I draw, i decided to take the time to polish them instead of rushing them out. I hope you all enjoy this instead

[image description: A cheap, trashy romance novel cover spoof. The paperback book is creased and worn. Surrounded by a halo of roses, Iida Tenya, posed like a Fabio-esque figure in his shirt unbottoned, pooling around him as he lies in scattered papers, torn and pieced back together with tape. He gazes dreamily at the other 'figure', a comically large clip art tape dispenser with googly eyes and a smile. 'The Love Dispenser' the title reads, 'a forbidden love between man and office supply.' End description.]

[lurkinglurkerwholurks]

Mother Bruce and His Baby Birds

First posted: April 2, 2018

Focuses on: Bruce Wayne et al

Favorite bookmark: "if only dc wasn't a coward"

Second favorite bookmark: "yooo i felt god in this chili's tonight"

Tier: As of queue date, #6 in hits and kudos, #5 in comments, #7 in bookmarks and subscriptions

This is my "behind the scenes" series where I indulge myself horribly by annotating my fics.

I haven't figured out the best way to cover multi-chapter fics, especially behemoths like Nature and Nurture or The Return, so this is a test. I'll start with chapter one and reblog with additions for each chapter, I think. If there's a better way, please send suggestions.

Link to the fic itself above. Thoughts below the cut.

Chapter One

My very first fic ever. I got obsessed with reading fic for a few months (thanks to @audreycritter's Cor Et Cerebrum and @unpretty's Sorrowful and Immaculate Hearts, and finally needed a little bit of output to balance out the input. It wasn't really planned, which is why my name is what it is. I'd made the lurker account to do just that and nothing more. Which feels a little silly now, five years and almost 100 fics later. 😬

The title comes from the Ryan Higgins picture book, because titles are harrrrrrd.

I think this is my only fic with chapter names, other than The Return.

He knew how it felt--that teeth-rattling, rib-crushing, pulse-racing sensation--and he knew how to push through it.

You see? You see how new I was at this? I hadn't even looked up the em-dash shortcut yet.

"And I don’t care if Arthur Pennypacker says gelato contains the required daily serving of calcium. Alfred will not let you survive on gelato alone.”

I am going to try very hard to be proud of this, my little baby fic, and not critical, but it's going to be very difficult when I clearly had to pluck a name out of thin air and ended up with Arthur Pennypacker being discussed in the same scene where Alfred Pennyworth exists. Yeesh.

"Art’s the fathead that stole Eddie’s gym shorts and ran them up the Academy flagpole.”

I wrote a joke poem about this kind of scenario for school once and it got published as part of a contest. Reduce reuse recycle.

The grin was still there, a bright smile full of pleasantly crooked teeth that leaned into each other like birds in a winter wind, but the corner of Jason’s mouth twisted hesitantly.

If I were doing this again, I'd make Jason a little less golly gee mister in tone, but at least he's precious.

Jason had always been gifted at picking up the scent of unease. Dick, Bruce’s outgoing ward, could read emotions. Jason could read tells.

Now that's clever, if I do say so myself. Good job, Amateur Me.

Jason dropped his spoon back in the empty gelato cup and ran his fingers over the stitching of the baseball on the table.

I reference that ball later in another fic and for the life of me right now I can't remember which one. Ah well. Put a pin in this. You'll see it again.

I thought I was gonna miss it for sure! And then after, Raul Huezo right there in front’a me! Just like, pshew! Did’ja see Bruce?

Raul Huezo was a spoof on a real-life baseball player... and I no longer remember who. Pity.

For a moment, all was still. Bruce had stopped breathing entirely, and it felt like Jason had as well. Bruce gripped Jason tightly, struggling to keep the preteen from falling out of his precarious half-perch on Bruce’s lap and onto the floor. But Jason was clutching Bruce just as tightly, gangly arms wrapped around Bruce’s neck and face pressed into Bruce’s chest. Tentatively, Bruce lowered his face to Jason’s hair and breathed in the smell of shampoo, sweat, and ballfield.

dadhugdadhugdadhugdadhug

Hitting post on this very first chapter was terrifying but everyone was awfully nice. And it's so fun to look back and realize @cdelphiki was my very first commenter ever. Like hey! I know that name!

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

[current-comix]

Dave Acosta

[holmesoldfellow]

The covers of "Muppet Sherlock Holmes," a 2010 four part comic book mini series written by Patrick Storck and illustrated by Amy Mebberson. With Gonzo as Holmes and Fozzie as Watson, they spoof on "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red Headed League," and "Musgrove Ritual."

[absurdities-of-hypofox]

It's another berk based on a videogame

This time it's Ghost watchers getting a fake release. I was going for an old-school horror cover design for this one.

[rowannothere]

I am a comedy genius /j

But I now have these two AUs that I absolutely love they’re so silly goofy, I might infodump ab them soon:

One is the Warriors medicine cats but they’re in a medical drama (which normally is a tv genre but I’d just make it a book tbh bc I’m not putting THAT much effort into a spoof thing lol). They’re vets but the drama remains LMAO. Think House MD or Grey’s Anatomy.

Another is a comedy buddy cop show (well, book) featuring the cast of the first arc. Fireheart is working to solve the disappearance of his former partner, Redtail, with Graystripe while flirting with a very annoyed Sandstorm, Tigerclaw is a corrupt cop who killed Redtail to cover up his crimes, and Scourge runs an underground crime business. Think Brooklyn 99 or Psych.