Covers are a wonderful thing, they give us a snapshot into the world of the comic book that we may or may not read. Here are my picks for the 3 most engaging covers of the week, which feature artwork done by the artist on the book – no cover artists this week!
Stumptown #1
cover by Matthew Southworth
I have to give it up for Oni Press, the design of their covers have really moved up a notch in quality, as evidenced by the cover for this first issue of the hotly anticipated Stumptown. I love the design elements of this, by using color to pop the main character out and the mood that it sets. The perfect beginning to this series.
Sweet Tooth #3
cover by Jeff Lemire
Sweet Tooth #3
cover by Jeff Lemire
Hands down my favorite cover of this series so far. I love when the title of the comic is used in a different way, in this case as the background, stretching in the same way that Sweet Tooth, the character, is being stretched. Such a great and subtle effect that grabs your eye.
X-Men Origins: Iceman
cover by Phil Noto
These series of one shots of the X-Men Origins are hit or miss, but this cover was instantly striking to me and I immediately “got it” with the quiet sereneness of Iceman in full iced/snowed up form. Like a snowy day in December, this cover glares back at you to share a subtle, quiet moment. Breathtaking.
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I liked the Oz cover this week.
http://ifanboy.com/comics/marvel_comics/marvelous_land_of_oz/1_%28of_8%29/cover-large.jpg
Agreed with Stumptown and Sweet Tooth.
The X-Men Origin is pretty cool but I really dig the Mighty #10′s cover. I love how the covers actually have to do with the story and how striking the color work is.
Haunt had such a derivative cover. With minimal redoing that would be a Spider-Man cover.
Of the above I like Stumptown. My favorite of this week was the Cinderella cover.
I personally loved the Victorian undead #1 cover it instantly caught my eye and made me want read to find out what its all about. a zombie sherlock holmes who wouldnt be intrigued
I vote for the cover from the "Cinderella" Fables mini. Really eye-catching and different.
Ice Man kind of looks like Dr Manhattan. I loved stumptown in every way. The interior art is beautiful 2. Strange Tales’s Hulk is pretty cool too.
My vote this week is for the cover of Age Of Reptiles #1 from Darkhorse. It’s a beautifully rendered wrap around cover from creator Richard Delgado.
http://ifanboy.com/comics/dark_horse_comics/age_of_reptiles_journey/1
Iceman definitely won the battle this week. It’s a simple looking cover at first, but it’s so striking when you just look at the subtle details of it.
Secret Six #15 had a great cover too; it just shows how badass Deadshot is.
I agree, I liked the Cinderella cover too.
http://ifanboy.com/comics/dc_comics/cinderella_from_fabletown_with_love/1_%28of_6%29/cover-large.jpg
I’m not generally a fan of Spider-man, but the cover to issue #610 is to my liking.
Yep, that Cinderella cover is really good. A bit of a Tara McPherson knot-off but not bad
Your cover bias is showing, Ron. But I do like these three as well as the Oz and Mighty covers. But I gotta give it up for Finch’s Psylocke and Greek Street too. That’s about frat houses, right?
@stuclach if only the interior lived up. Lowest rated ASM in quite some time.
Secret Six had the best cover for me, this week.
I live in Portland, (Stumptown, P-town), whatever you want to call it. Anyway, that cover is also awesome because I can pretty much place the area where that background is being referenced, which to me, is pretty frickin’ cool.
I’m with @ ohcaroline, @edward, @powerdad on the Cinderella cover. AMAZING artwork by Chrissie Zullo. She was actually at my local comic shop this weekend. I got a SWEET Snow White sketch. She’s supercool and I hope Vertigo can find some more work for her. I wanna see more!!!