11 March 2026
What a parody cover owes a licensed variant — and what it must refuse
Collectors mix homage language with official variant talk. The two objects are not interchangeable, especially once a cover is minted.
Field notes from the cover desk
Short pieces on homage sources, costume tells, edition sizes, and why a Deadpool parody still needs a paper proof after the token exists.
1 April 2026
Costume tells that keep a Deadpool homage from looking like a bootleg
Eyes, belt hardware, and the shape of the mouth are where unofficial covers either read as parody or drift into counterfeit.
17 May 2026
Edition sizes collectors actually ask for on NFT comic covers
Fifty, one hundred, and one-of-one behave differently once a cover also exists as a signed sheet in Bourton.
8 June 2026
Why we still pull a paper proof after the cover is minted
Screens lie about red. A Deadpool parody lives or dies on whether the mask holds on stock you can hold.
20 July 2026
Reading a homage source on the table before anyone opens a file
We ask commissioners to bring three physical covers. The jokes that survive are the ones you can still see at arm’s length.