Welcome back to Burpee’s Got You Covered! Not much in the way of covers this week so what should a cover review column do? Oh I know! Today we’re going to take a look back at the best of the best from 2009. So what’s on the menu? Well how about an appetizer of my three favorite variants from the last year. This is followed by an entrée of my favorite nine of ’09!
The covers I’ve chosen are covers from comics I personally buy and read. If it’s not a title I read it’s not included. So while there were some other great covers this year these are my favorites. Standard rules apply. This means I don’t intend to give artsy fartsy reasons for my choices or any other over blown explanation. It’s just what I like and that’s all. If you want to list your favorites in the comments section I encourage it. Let me know what your favorites are or why you don’t agree with mine. Bring it suckas!
So let’s begin shall we?
Come on this cover sells itself. What do you think he’s listening to? Sigur Ros? Wolfmother? Jay-Z? It’s hard to tell but he seems content with his iPod that much is clear.
Now that we’ve covered the best variants and you’ve got a feel for how things are working here let’s move into the mother load. These are, in my opinion, the best 9 of 09′!
I know. I know. CHEESECAKE! I don’t care. I love this cover. It’s Black Cat looking great in Spidey’s uniform. This is an awesome cover that isn’t necessarily the most artsy of the year. It’s not getting hung in a museum but I’m sure it’s hanging in some rooms out there in fandom.
Complete sidetrack: I am of the opinion that a runs credibility can be figured out just by peeping it’s Batmobile concept. This concept is pretty sweet. Best Batmobile still remains the Animated series one or the Adam West version. IMO
Note: This is the only comic from the last year with both the regular and variant covers on my list. The variant being #1 on that list.
Anway…with the return of Superboy and an A-List team like Johns and Manapaul I was stoked for this title to hit. My main want from this book though was for Superboy and Wonder Girl to finally touch base. I mean there was so much to talk about. Where would their relationship go?! Well, this cover made me feel all fan giddy. The cover just pulls the right strings. I think this is a solid placement for this cover. It was really close to being my number one but when push came t shove my number one couldn’t be denied.
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This cover is BADASS! Deadshot just looks so freaking cool having just unloaded some rounds and having the shells raining down on him. Throw in the fact that the cover looks like a movie poster for a killer action flick and you have a cover that you’d have to split you’re wig to forget. The only thing keeping it out of the number one spot for me is the all too clear realization that Deadshot is sporting a belly shirt/vest. Let’s be honest though, who’s going to give that guy fashion advice? Not my ass.
This is my favorite cover of the last year. I love that Hal is the only real color surrounded by black shadowed Black Lanterns. My LCS has a poster of this hanging up and I want it sooooo bad! It’s just such an awesome Ivan Reis image. The artist has done all GL fans a solid through this series and this cover is one of the best examples of it. If fans are lucky Reis will continue to function in some capacity in the GL neck of the woods for some time to come.
I know I’m probably a little bias in my decision because I’m a total GL mark but I don’t even care. This is an image that I get trying to put lower on the list for the sake of not being ridiculed for marking out. I couldn’t do it though. For me this was MY favorite cover and there was no amount of talking myself out of it for the sake of impressing my peers with my ability to choose the most creatively ground breaking artsy covers. It is what it is and for the Burpness it’s numero uno.
So hate it or love it this was my favorite 9 of ‘09. What do you think? What were your favorites? Hit that comment button and let me know. Thanks for bringing your eyes to this column and spending some time with me on your hopefully lovely Sunday afternoon. Next week, we’ll return to our regularly scheduled program of me putzing through a list of covers you may or may not agree with. It’s fun though right?! See ya next week suckas!
