The Best of the Week in... Covers (11/04/09)

 18 Posted on Nov 5, 2009 in articles by Ron Richards |

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


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.



Comments

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.

 Posted by miyamotofreak on 11/05/09 at 02:29 PM

Of the above I like Stumptown.  My favorite of this week was the Cinderella cover.

 Posted by vadamowens on 11/05/09 at 02:31 PM

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

 Posted by jbradley on 11/05/09 at 03:26 PM

I vote for the cover from the "Cinderella" Fables mini.  Really eye-catching and different.

 Posted by ohcaroline on 11/05/09 at 04:06 PM

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.

 Posted by AmirCat on 11/05/09 at 04:18 PM

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

Posted by dneufeld on 11/05/09 at 04:50 PM

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.

 Posted by TheNextChampion on 11/05/09 at 05:56 PM

I'm not generally a fan of Spider-man, but the cover to issue #610 is to my liking.

 Posted by stuclach on 11/05/09 at 07:46 PM

Yep, that Cinderella cover is really good. A bit of a Tara McPherson knot-off but not bad

 Posted by edward on 11/05/09 at 09:05 PM

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?

 Posted by patio on 11/05/09 at 10:05 PM

@stuclach if only the interior lived up.  Lowest rated ASM in quite some time.

 Posted by ato220 on 11/06/09 at 08:50 AM

Secret Six had the best cover for me, this week.

 Posted by WadeWilson on 11/06/09 at 06:04 PM

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. 

 

 Posted by brattyben on 11/06/09 at 06:45 PM

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!!!

Posted by Geronibus on 11/09/09 at 08:15 AM

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