Yesterday it was Marvel Comics' "Iron Man By Design" covers that imagined the armored hero through various genres, styles and artists, and today another publisher's marketing campaign that impressed the heck out of me here at Splash Page HQ.
Image Comics' "Guardians Of The Globe" campaign started out as a dig at Marvel but became something all its own this week. Each day, the publisher released a new image headlined "I'm A Member Of The Guardians Of The Globe." Marvel previously conducted a similar campaign, revealing each member of its "New Avengers" team with art headlined "I'm A New Avenger."
However, while the New Avengers roster included characters like Spider-Man and The Thing, Image's Guardians of the Globe featured illustrations of Invincible, Spawn, Rick Grimes of "The Walking Dead," U.S. President Barack Obama, and even Harry Potter.
The latest image, featuring the magic-wielding Potter, debuted today. It was followed a few hours later by an announcement that offered a bit more insight into the "Guardians of the Globe" campaign, which will include a six-issue miniseries hitting shelves August 2010.
"Needless to say, Invincible, Spawn, Rick Grimes, President Obama, and a certain boy wizard aren't Guardians of the Globe," joked Robert Kirkman in the announcement. "The teasers released this week have been all in fun, but next week's teasers will get down to business, revealing who's a Guardian."
Check out some of the images below, and head over to the Image Comics website for the rest of them — as well as the official "Guardians of the Globe" announcement.
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