Another week, another set of covers. Let’s get to the top five picks for the week, brought to you by yours truly.
Art by Alex Ross
It’s kind of hard to deny Alex Ross whenever he makes an appearance, and I find this cover an excellent example of how even though he creates beautiful painted images, they can still have a lot of motion and power to them. Plus, the color palette makes this one really stand out, which is always a plus in the cover game.
Art by Ulises Farinas
Many cover artists would have eliminated almost everything about this cover and just made it Glory standing bloodied with a head in one hand and a sword in the other. However, Ross Campbell took us the extra mile…and then another mile…and then another. I love the depth and detail of this image, which takes it from a pretty standard concept to a truly unique one with the level of realization of this world and atmosphere Campbell gives us. Plus, it’s just badass.
Art by Jonathan Hickman
I’m really loving Hickman’s covers to this book. They’re simplistic on one level, but the images created always really standout amidst everything else (even look at this amongst the other top picks from this week – SO different), but they’re always centered on that one logo. It gives a level of unification to them that feels apt for the book, plus they’re just dynamic, powerful covers.
Art by Eric Jones
I love “Danger Club.” I said it. This book is awesome. While this cover doesn’t do anything really that crazy with what it tries to do, I’m just in love with Eric Jones’ art right now, so it pushes me towards moving this higher and higher. I love the Japanese characters on the page, the image of Yoshimi escaping from incoming blasts, the Danger Club logo, the color palette, everything. It all just mashes together to be one hell of a thing.
Art by Shawn Martinbrough
The odd thing about “Thief of Thieves” so far is that I’m enjoying the covers way more than I am enjoying the comic itself (note: I have not read this issue yet). That’s not to say that the comic is bad – its biggest problem is so far it is an exercise in solid, measured storytelling with little pizzaz in my book – but the covers are pretty damn great. This one, for some reason, reminds me of the movie Drive. I feel like if the shadows are removed from the character in the foreground there would be a scorpion on the back of that jacket, and that just makes me happy.
It’s mostly the neon colors emanating off the police sirens that do that, but the image as a whole, especially when blended with the titling at the top and the band across the bottom with a character’s eyes, just reeks of criminal acts and misdeeds. I dig it something fierce. Martinbrough is killing it on all facets of this book, but I particularly like his covers.
