This thread is a companion to the "A Cover A Day" discussion.  Click here to visit that discussion or here to view the last reply.  It is intended for the discussion of potential new themes and topics for "A Cover A Day", voting on these themes, and the gathering and reporting of statistics.

The following index lists all the themes that have been chosen to date.  The clickable link, where present, takes you to the first reply of the given theme, so that you can browse through the posted covers for that month.  "Page/Reply" gives the page number in the thread where the topic starts, and reply number (1 to 10) within the page.  The index also gives the total number of "Pages" and "Replies" occupied by each theme, as a rough indication of their relative popularity.

Ning 3.0 website update

As a result of the move to the new version of the website:

  • It seems to be impossible to create a fixed link that always takes you to the last reply of a thread
  • Links to a specific reply generated on the old version of the website are no longer valid
  • There are now 10 replies to a page, rather than 12.

Since the old links that used to take you to the first post of a theme no longer work, they have been removed.  They are gradually being replaced with new links that take you to a newly-added reply at the start of the month in question.  The "Page/Reply" and "Pages" columns have been updated because of the change from 12 to 10 replies per page.  The numbers in the "Replies" column should still be accurate, apart from any newly-added "start-of-month" replies.

Until all the old links have been replaced, the "Page/Reply" column gives a way to locate the beginning of any theme, by going to the appropriate page, then counting through the replies.  Unfortunately, this is a significantly more inconvenient process.

DatePage/ReplyTheme (and clickable link)PagesReplies
Oct 20161/1Letter A22228
Dec 201623/9Letter B21207
Jan 201744/6Letter C21214
Feb 201765/10Letter D21208
Mar 201786/8Letter E18178
Apr 2017104/6Letter F18184
May 2017122/10Letter G16157
Jun 2017138/7Letter H20195
Jul 2017158/2Letter I13133
Aug 2017171/5Letter J19194
Sep 2017190/9Letter K24237
Oct 2017214/6Letter L29285
Nov 2017243/1Letter M28280
Dec 2017271/1Letter N23236
Jan 2018294/7Letter O25245
Feb 2018319/7Letter P30295
Mar 2018349/2Letters Q & R24243
Apr 2018373/5Letter S27271
May 2018400/6Superman’s 80th anniversary25251
Jun 2018425/7Letter T25251
Jul 2018450/8Letter U21208
Aug 2018471/6Letter V23229
Sep 2018494/5Letter W23234
Oct 2018517/9Letter X18181
Nov 2018535/10Letter Y16157
Dec 2018551/7Letter Z16157
Jan 2019567/4Person being carried19191
Feb 2019586/5Real people21214
Mar 2019607/9Homages/parodies23225
Apr 2019630/4Green-skinned people21208
May 2019651/2Wanted posters20202
Jun 2019671/4Boxing rings18181
Jul 2019689/5Empty uniforms18179
Aug 2019707/3Beaches30298
Sep 2019737/1Apes34341
Oct 2019771/2Haunted houses/graves25251
Nov 2019796/3Motor bikes26255
Dec 2019821/8Foreign language covers21210
Jan 2020842/8Playing cards/tabletop games28276
Feb 2020870/4Valentines and Cupids26260
Mar 2020896/4Statues26257
Apr 2020922/1Elephants26264
May 2020948/2Heroes & villains cooperating20199
Jun 2020968/4The Moon32323
Jul 20201000/7Flags & patriotic symbols23216
Aug 20201022/3Foreign locations (non-US)23234
Sep 20201045/7MST3K (with commentary)29293
Oct 20201074/10Vampires and Werewolves25246
Nov 20201099/4Giants29287
Dec 20201128/3Snow & winter scenes29290
Jan 20211157/3Doppelgängers38378
Feb 20211195/1Movies28276
Mar 20211222/7Cats/cat-themed adventurers26264
Apr 20211249/1Dogs/dog-themed adventurers31306
May 20211279/7Big guns/Heavy weaponry30303
Jun 20211309/10Dinosaurs/Time Travel34339
Jul 20211343/9Big Questions/Question Marks33331
Aug 20211376/10Highways, Travel etc23233
Sep 20211400/2Favourite Covers/Comics33331
Oct 20211433/4Lineups26263
Nov 20211459/7JSA 80th Anniversary27270
Dec 20211486/7Logos in the action32317
Jan 20221518/4Dynamic Duos35348
Feb 20221553/2Romantic Scenes31314
Mar 20221584/6Bridges34340
Apr 20221618/6Unexpected Green29287
May 20221647/3Neal Adams31311
Jun 20221678/4George Perez23228
Jul 20221701/2Parents36357
Aug 20221736/9Fairgrounds and Carnivals29286
Sep 20221765/5Joe Kubert24239
Oct 20221789/4First and last issues33324
Nov 20221821/8Classrooms and Education27266
Dec 20221848/4Robots and Cyborgs39393
Jan 20231887/7Trials and Courtrooms33331
Feb 20231920/8Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals29293
Mar 20231950/1Detectives & Murder Mysteries41412
Apr 20231991/3Birds and Winged Creatures42420
May 20232033/3Strength in Numbers57571
Jun 20232090/4Horses, Centaurs & Equines38382
Jul 20232128/6John Romita, Sr.30301
Aug 20232158/7Railways30303
Sep 20232188/10Title Character Not Featured--
Oct 2023-Halloween Characters--
Nov 2023-Pyramids and Mummies--

Themes with the greatest number of replies:

  • 571 replies - May 2023 - Strength in Numbers
  • 420 replies - Apr 2023 - Birds and Winged Creatures
  • 412 replies - Mar 2023 - Detectives & Murder Mysteries
  • 393 replies - Dec 2022 - Robots and Cyborgs
  • 382 replies - Jun 2023 - Horses, Centaurs & Equines
  • 378 replies - Jan 2021 - Doppelgängers

Suggestions for possible future themes

  • Month-Number based (1-12 in Jan-Dec 2024).  Use any rationale you like for picking a cover (number of characters, issue number, publication date, number featured on the cover, etc).  Could be extended beyond 12 if it's sufficiently popular/successful.  Alternatively, don't tie the numeric theme to the current month number, and intersperse with non-numeric themes.
  • Single-Digits ("0" to "9").  A more limited version of the above.  Similar to the original "A" to "Z" themes.
  • States Of The Union.  Could be extended to allow any identifiable US location.  A counterpoint to Aug 2020's "Foreign (non-US) locations".
  • Sports & Games.
  • Deaths & Resurrections.
  • Short-lived Series.  Series of 12 or fewer issues, no Specials or Annuals.
  • Anniversary Issues.  Either genuine anniversary issues or "fake" anniversaries (covers claiming "400th anniversary issue" etc, when they really just mean that it's issue #400).
  • Character anniversary celebration.  Like "Superman's 80th Anniversary" from May 2018.  We should pick which character (or characters) to honour BEFORE voting starts.
  • Artist Homage.  We've already done Neal Adams, George Perez, Joe Kubert & John Romita Sr.  As with the "Character Anniversary", we should pick who to honour BEFORE voting.
  • Gimmick Covers.
  • Painted Covers.
  • Cancelled... But Continued.  Series cancelled midstream but continued elsewhere.
  • TV Shows/Movies.
  • Cartoons/Animated Series.
  • Family Reunions.
  • Construction Sites.
  • Versus Mother Nature.  Battles against living trees, storms, etc.
  • Pride covers (intended or accidental).  Possibly for next June?
  • Ancient Weapons In Modern Times.  Swords, maces, spears, bows, shields, boomerangs etc.  Not characters who regularly use these weapons, like Green Arrow or Hawkeye (bows), Captain America (shields) etc.
  • Supporting Characters As Focal Point.
  • Guest-starring Superman or Spider-Man.  Them guest-starring on the cover of someone else's book.
  • Crosstime meetings.  Batman & the Three Musketeers, Dr Strange & Ben Franklin etc.
  • Sleeping/unconscious characters.

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  • We currently have no topics chosen after next month. Here is the current list of suggested future themes, together with some notes on the suggestions:

    • Month-Number based (1-12 in Jan-Dec 2024). Use any rationale you like for picking a cover (number of characters, issue number, publication date, number featured on the cover, etc). Could be extended beyond 12 if it's sufficiently popular/successful. Alternatively, don't tie the numeric theme to the current month number, and intersperse with non-numeric themes.
    • Single-Digits ("0" to "9"). A more limited version of the above. Similar to the original "A" to "Z" themes.
    • States Of The Union. Could be extended to allow any identifiable US location. A counterpoint to Aug 2020's "Foreign (non-US) locations".
    • Sports & Games.
    • Deaths & Resurrections.
    • Short-lived Series. Series of 12 or fewer issues, no Specials or Annuals.
    • Anniversary Issues. Either genuine anniversary issues or "fake" anniversaries (covers claiming "400th anniversary issue" etc, when they really just mean that it's issue #400).
    • Character anniversary celebration. Like "Superman's 80th Anniversary" from May 2018. We should pick which character (or characters) to honour BEFORE voting starts.
    • Artist Homage. We've already done Neal Adams, George Perez & Joe Kubert. As with the "Character Anniversary", we should pick who to honour BEFORE voting.
    • Gimmick Covers.
    • Painted Covers.
    • Cancelled... But Continued.
    • TV Shows/Movies.
    • Cartoons/Animated Series.
    • Family Reunions.
    • Construction Sites.
    • Pyramids & Mummies. Can include anything classically Egyptian, such as Pharaohs, Sphinxes etc.
    • Versus Mother Nature.
    • Title Character not Featured.
  • I would love Cartoons/Animated Series. Are there too many choices for this? Or will it make it "juicy"? Or should it be separated by categories, e.g., Warner Brothers / Hanna-Barbera / Disney / Walter Lanz etc.?

  • I'm intrigued by Short-lived Series. Series of 12 or fewer issues, no Specials or Annuals. I wonder if we can get a month's worth of stuff out of it, but what the hey?

  • Short Lived Series was one of my suggestions Clark. Any limited/mini series would be eligible along with any title that was canceled with or before issue 12.

  • Add "Pride covers, intended and accidental" to the list of possible themes, maybe next June.  See here for the inspiration behind this suggestion from JD DeLuzio.

  • Some suggestions:

    Ancient weapons in modern times (swords, maces, spears, bows [but not Green Arrow or Hawkeye and the like],shields [obviously not Captain America], boomerangs, etc.)

    Plants, Trees & Flowers but hostile or important (not in the background)

    Supporting characters (as the focal point)

    Superman or Spider-Man guest starring covers (them in other books)

  • Philip Portelli said:

    Plants, Trees & Flowers but hostile or important (not in the background)

    That sounds similar to "Versus Mother Nature".  I think that was also your suggestion, Philip, and was proposed as including storms and other violent or dangerous weather events.

  • My vote for August goes for:

    • Anniversary Issues. Either genuine anniversary issues or "fake" anniversaries (covers claiming "400th anniversary issue" etc, when they really just mean that it's issue #400).

    I'd love to do "one to twelve" next year, but I totally understand if others prefer to choose a different topic for each month.

  • I will second Steve's vote for anniversaries (as well as his preference for numbers 1-12 for 2024).

  • If I may, I'll update the list of possible future themes to incorporate a few newly-suggested topics.  The ballot paper now includes the following:

    • Month-Number based (1-12 in Jan-Dec 2024).  Use any rationale you like for picking a cover (number of characters, issue number, publication date, number featured on the cover, etc).  Could be extended beyond 12 if it's sufficiently popular/successful.  Alternatively, don't tie the numeric theme to the current month number, and intersperse with non-numeric themes.
    • Single-Digits ("0" to "9").  A more limited version of the above.  Similar to the original "A" to "Z" themes.
    • States Of The Union.  Could be extended to allow any identifiable US location.  A counterpoint to Aug 2020's "Foreign (non-US) locations".
    • Sports & Games.
    • Deaths & Resurrections.
    • Short-lived Series.  Series of 12 or fewer issues, no Specials or Annuals.
    • Anniversary Issues.  Either genuine anniversary issues or "fake" anniversaries (covers claiming "400th anniversary issue" etc, when they really just mean that it's issue #400).
    • Character anniversary celebration.  Like "Superman's 80th Anniversary" from May 2018.  We should pick which character (or characters) to honour BEFORE voting starts.
    • Artist Homage.  We've already done Neal Adams, George Perez & Joe Kubert.  As with the "Character Anniversary", we should pick who to honour BEFORE voting.
    • Gimmick Covers.
    • Painted Covers.
    • Cancelled... But Continued.  Series cancelled midstream but continued elsewhere.
    • TV Shows/Movies.
    • Cartoons/Animated Series.
    • Family Reunions.
    • Construction Sites.
    • Pyramids & Mummies.  Can include anything classically Egyptian, such as Pharaohs, Sphinxes etc.
    • Versus Mother Nature.  Battles against living trees, storms, etc.
    • Title Character Not Featured.
    • Ancient Weapons In Modern Times.  Swords, maces, spears, bows, shields, boomerangs etc.  Not characters who regularly use these weapons, like Green Arrow or Hawkeye (bows), Captain America (shields) etc.
    • Supporting Characters As Focal Point.
    • Guest-starring Superman or Spider-Man.  Them guest-starring on the cover of someone else's book.

    Do we want to use the scheme of up to three ranked votes that we've used for the last few sets of voting?  Three points for your first choice, 2 for second, 1 for third, and you don't need to vote for more than one theme.  If so, Steve and Jeff are welcome to add 2nd- and 3rd-place votes.

    If we get a single vote, mine goes to "States of the Union".  If it's three votes, my second and third preferences are "Pyramids and Mummies" (2 points) and "Anniversary Issues" (1 point).

    Running with numeric themes in 2024 (at least for the first few months, to see how it goes) seems like a good idea too.

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