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This cover image from the comic-book adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull looks way cooler than the teaser poster we've been seeing. And it gives you more of a flavor of the movie, both good and bad. Good: Karen Allen, Dominatrix Cate Blanchett, and a whip-swinging Indy. Plus there's that pesky extraterrestrial-looking crystal skull staring at you, asking you why you stopped reading Whitley Streiber novels. Bad: Ray Winstone looks like Jack Black with his Nacho Libre mustache, and the image of Shia LaBoeuf driving Indy in his "I'm a teacher!" suit makes us cringe a bit. Click through for more info.
Both issues of the Dark Horse companion comic will have variant covers. One will be drawn by Drew Struzan, and the other by Hugh Fleming, but it isn't clear who created this piece. Since Struzan designed the teaser poster, this could be Fleming's artwork, since the style looks fairly different. But only the crystal skull knows for sure. Plus you'll notice three different Indianas on this image, something they haven't done since Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Maybe they just really want you to know that Harrison Ford is definitely in this movie. [Ain't It Cool News]
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It looks like Shia's driving around Jack Ryan.
@Lampbane: Are you crazy? That doesn't look like Alec Baldwin...
This Drew's work. Compare it to all the Star Wars posters, this is his style.
Though I've been wrong before.
@DocGratis: Or Ben Affleck
That's definitely the Struzan cover.
Ha! I stand corrected. That is the Hugh Fleming cover. Here's the Struzan cover...
[i.enewsi.com]
This illustration is replete with awesome, oozes awesome.
There's no way that's not Drew's work. This fangirl has owned too many posters with his art to not spot a Struzan.
Drew Struzan FTW! His artwork is absolutely stirring and will even get you interested in a shitty movie a la Cutthroat Island.
@brokennails: Totally agree, it's definitely his style. But the other cover has Drew's signature, and this one does not. So this one must be the Fleming cover.
@Kevin Kelly:
That's because Clear and Present Danger is far more awesome.
-"I'm here to rent the Huey."
--"We don't rent it anymore, but it is for sale."
-"How much?"
--"Two million dollars."
-"Uh, my pilot and I will have to take it for a test drive."
--"Of course, you just have to leave a deposit."
-"How much is that?"
--"Two million dollars."
-"Would you take a company check?"
@extracrispy: IRRC, the "other" work you're referring to (the pic of Indy standing alone) is the teaser poster, not one of the comic book covers. I don't think we've seen the Fleming cover yet. Also, where Drew would usually sign his work is cut off in the pic in this post.
@brokennails: The AICN link has the full version of this pic, and Drew's signature is not anywhere on it.
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