"I guess I've just had my head in the sand about covers of this nature. Wait, sorry? The door is where?"

"I should have realised that! If I had, it probably wouldn't have been possible to find a suitable Beano cover.  As the star of the strip, Big Eggo didn't tend to get ridden.  Congratulations on a delightful three-of-a-kind…"

"Years ago I was watching preparation for an ostrich race. One of the ostriches was angry and uncooperative. It kicked its prospective rider in the chest and he flew several feet into a wall. He apparently wasn't injured but the audience was…"

"Those weren't just ostrich covers, but "people riding ostriches" cover.  Oh, here are three more."

"I've heard of infinity covers, chess covers, injury to eye covers, headlight covers, women in jep and many, many others bases for collections. This is the first inkling I've had that there could be an Ostrich cover collection out…"

"Wot?  No mention of Big Eggo, the very first cover star of The Beano? (Though perhaps it's better to forget a cover with that caricature on its masthead). "

"Dave:  That took some research! Hoy"

"This post on a comics blog has some more."

"Also Kamandi #44, and the internet reminds me of Captain America #106. Is it a sports expression?"

"Those are a great connection. Nice job, Peter.  Hoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpopXL2h33U"

"Three covers, from 1953, 1961 and 1988."

"Well played, sir!"

"Underground comics.  Hoy"

"The temperature went below freezing today.  Hoy"