I saw a post on a Facebook group about an artist copying (swiping) a cover from a previous issue of another magazine, and i also heard that it was done many times. I decided to take a deeper look into this, you decide if it’s swipe or inspiration. Leave comments with your thoughts.
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| Shadows at the waterhole (1907) by Frederic Remington vs. Adventure May 15, 1931 by L.F. Wilford |
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| Adventure 1936 May cover by Walter Baumhofer vs Short Stories Feb 25 1938 by A.R.Tilburne |
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| Adventure March 1 1932 cover by G.C. Delano vs Short Stories December 25 1936 by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure July 1934 cover by Walter Baumhofer vs Short Stories January 10 1937 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure June 1 1931 cover by Remington Schuyler vs Short Stories March 25 1937 cover by A.R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure May 1931 cover by Remington Schuyler vs Short Stories April 25 1937 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure June 1934 cover by Walter Baumhofer vs Short Stories September 25 1937 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure March 1936 cover by Hubert Rogers vs Short Stories April 10 1938 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure November 10 1929 cover by Hubert Rogers vs Short Stories July 25 1938 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure December 15 1930 cover by G.C. Delano vs Short Stories May 10 1939 cover by A.R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure December 1939 cover by Wesley Neff vs Short Stories December 10 1943 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Adventure March 15 1928 cover by Dominic Cammerota vs Short Stories February 10 1946 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
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| Interior illustration for Dusky by Jim Kjelgaard from Short Stories February 10 1946 |
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And this last one has to be unique, the same artist on both sides
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| Adventure September 1941 cover by A. R. Tilburne vs Short Stories September 10 1944 cover by A. R. Tilburne |
Looks like Tilburne was involved in a lot of swiping or perhaps inspiration. But some definite swipes would be when he copied Walter Baumhofer. Also the first one which shows a swipe of Remington.
The first one's actually by a different artist – L.F. Wilford.
I did not realize that Tilburne did so much swiping. Thanks for doing the research on this. I would not call it inspiration. If you copy your own work I do not see anything wrong with that. As I collected Weird Tales for decades I was familiar with his work for that magazine although I was never very impressed with it. I have to admit that I have a copy of the Short Stories with the tiger and I think it is pretty nice.
I just bought a painting by G C Delano he's a very well renowned Navajo painter it is called at the waterhole if you put it up against the waterhole swipe the painting is by a rank amateur
I really admire Delano's work for Adventure magazine. Care to share a link to a photo of your painting?