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Astro City: Astra #1 cover design

Client: Wildstorm/DC Comics
Date: August 21, 2009
Posted by JG

Writer Kurt Busiek's request: "The logo/trade dress/cover copy should all be done to look like a peppy, gossipy, trashy celebrity gossip magazine, somewhere between Tiger Beat, Us Weekly and the National Enquirer.".

The result, step by step...


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Astra1


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Astra2


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Astra3


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Astra4


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Astra5


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Astra6


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Astra7




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