Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.16 1967 vs 2013

[Benjamin Grimm]

1967



2013

[stevejrogers]

Give props for the All-Time All-Star Roster poster cover featuring recently departed Mets (Dickey, Reyes), and those considered personas non grata by either the organization and the fanbase (Bonilla, KRod, Beltran, Benitez, Glavine, etc) by 2013.

Edited April 7, 2018 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I like this Mullin, even though the "s" is oddly rendered.

2013 is an updated version of 1973's "All-Star Gallery" I like this one too.

Tough choice!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I went with 1967. The 2013 cover is too busy for my taste.

[Edgy MD]

1967 is genius. I think I'd vote for it over Sgt. Pepper.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I like how 1965, with a setback in the won-lost record, is portrayed as a broken plank. The staircase extends all the way up to 1980. It's nice to imagine the Mets record continuing to improve each year for eleven years after 1969.

[Guest 41Forever]

I was a kid, it took me a while to figure out the broken plank. I don’t like the Mullins covers as much as a lot of people. By fave of his is the 1969 World Series program.

The All-Star Game cover is busy, but I like seeing the older players on there. I’ll be on the losing side, but I went with 2013.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Love the '67, it's in my final four in the bracket pool.

[Valadius]

I'm with the Thing. 2013 is too busy.

[G-Fafif]

Kudos to the whoever dug up almost nothing but action photos for the 2013 cover. That's All-Star form for displaying All-Star form. Only Richie Ashburn is left to be a portrait, and, well, he wasn't moving all that well by 1962. The Mets hosting the ASG was a big deal (certainly to the franchise) and this was a fine theme.

But 1967 is a cult classic in my world. The broken step, acknowledging the imperfections of the young Mets's growing process, is a gem. The not quite regulation "Mets" is a gem if only to realize nobody was sending this to twelve lawyers to protect brand equity. The delight inherent scaling all the way up to 66 wins (a 16 1/2 game improvement -- nothing to sneeze at!) is a gem. The sticking it to the haughty rest of the league is a gem. The personification of the Mets as a kid determined to keep going is a gem, not to mention a lot less creepy that Rockwell Boy from 1980. And Mullin is a gem. I hope those who dig his work have gotten their hands on the 2013 book of his baseball cartoons, from a 38-year career that made fans everyhwere smile (the remembrances from his daughter are priceless).

Anyway, I like the 2013 cover, I don't mind the busyness, but the 1967 cover from SHEA STADIUM....FLUSHING, NEW YORK is, to give the word another time at bat, a gem.

[dgwphotography]

1967, it's Mullin. Enough said.

[RealityChuck]

1967. The art is mediocre, as usual, but 2013 is a design nightmare -- far too busy.