The Best of the Week in Covers – 06.27.2012

These are the greatest covers of this week, professor. That’s my answer.

 


Spaceman #7
By Dave Johnson

I don’t know that that sidearm is regulation. But I don’t much care. What matters is that the astronaut versus caveman thing is playing out right before us, and gravity is involved. Or isn’t. It’s lack is involved. A great, striking image and a truly elegant cover treatment besides.


Prophet #26
By Brandon Graham

Brandon Graham has a knack for combining the organic with the inorganic, and that’s on full display here. Is this a scrapyard? A post-industrial tumor? Or something in between? Either way, a strangely unsettling combination of mech and muck.


I, Vampire #10
By Clayton Crain

Whatever happened to Casual Friday?


Scalped #59
By Jock

Deceptively simple. But this is fire in all its fury. And it’s perfect.

Comments

  1. How is the Batman Inc cover not on here???

  2. Jock can do no wrong, the man is a master.

  3. Sweet! I’m actually reading all of these currently, Good stuff

  4. I’m glad to see a Dave Johnson cover there, I think his consistency & ability to set the reader up for what the story is about is truly a wonderful talent!

  5. Is there some line work going on over the face of that vampire in the Clayton Crain piece? It actually looks better than his normal stuff. I wouldn’t mind if he kept that kinda thing up.

  6. When is the trade being put out for Spaceman?

  7. When I picked up Scalped 59, I actually thought to myself, ‘well, it’s not going to make this week’s best in covers.’

    • Avatar photo Paul Montgomery (@fuzzytypewriter) says:

      If I’d only chosen one this week, it’d be this one.

    • For me, this cover is more about economy of design than anything else. It’s the placement of the text, the minimalism. Whoever does the design treatment for Scalped (don’t have any in front of me) deserves as much praise as Jock on this one.

  8. The moment I saw that Scalped cover I knew it’d make its way here, it’s such a masterful design!

  9. That Scalped cover reminds me of the artwork in The Downward Spiral, the Nine Inch Nails album. The bleak and minimal, but somehow very shocking and loud at the same time. Love it.

  10. What about the American Vampire cover I thought that one was pretty cool and might show up here?

  11. Am I being too much of a snob if I say that the Jock cover reminds me of Rothko?

  12. A warm feeling came over me when I saw that Scalped cover this week. Could also be this mid-west heat wave. Great covers Paul.

  13. This month’s Scalped cover is great, but wait until you see the one for next month!