Looks like the San Diego Union-Tribune is having some fun again with its nameplate in conjunction with this week’s Comic-Con.
Thursday’s nameplate featured an epic battle between Superman and Batman…
…while today’s nameplate was the victim of a fly-by attack by a fire-breathing dragon.
Last year, the now-extinct U-T nameplate took a lot of abuse from editorial cartoonist Steve Breen:
Comic-Con continues through the weekend. We’ll keep an eye out to see what the Union-Tribune does Saturday and Sunday. Thanks to my pal there, Scott Albert, for the heads-up.
Other Union-Tribune Comic-Con posts from my blog archives:
- 2011: The paper went all out with fun comics-themed illustrations and special sections.
- 2012: Steve Breen created a sketchbook every day of Comic-Con.
- 2013: The paper explained the business of small press comics by having small press comics creator (and former Union-Tribune staffer) Paul Horn tell all via — what else? — an extended comic strip.
- 2014: Read about those U-T nameplates.
