Montag, 23. November 2009

Art Attack: February 2010's coolest covers

Comics are of course the perfect marriage of words and images, which is one reason I love 'em.

However, comics are also about getting people excited, or, to be a bit more to the point, about marketing. Those of us in the business try to generate enthusiasm about the product we're producing any way we can so these stories have a fair shot to make their impression.

When it comes to solicitations, Rickey works tirelessly on the words side of the equation and does a great job of it, but no question, when you're dealing with stuff as far out as he is, the images help a lot. No question, a great cover can draw somebody in to read a comic they might not have otherwise given a second look.

(Hey, I totally just spent three hours in the ER because I was having chest pains. Turns out it was just bad indigestion, but it hurt like hell. Right back blogging though--HARDCORE)

The major companies released their solicits for February 2010 last week, and because I dig things that are pretty (and am kinda lazy), I figured I'd throw together a little gallery of the covers that caught my eye. Roll tape...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #620 by Marcos Martin

BATMAN: THE WIDENING GYRE #5 by Bill Sienkiewicz

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #32 by Jesus Saiz

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #32 by Georges Jeanty

CHEW #9 by Rob Guillory

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #19 by Joseph Michael Lisner

DAREDEVIL #505 by Paolo Rivera

DEATHLOK #4 by Brandon Peterson

DETECTIVE COMICS #862 by J.H. Williams III

FALL OF THE HULKS: RED HULK #2 by Ed McGuinness

HELLBLAZER #264 by Simon Bisley

HUMAN TARGET #1 by Lee Bermejo

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #23 by Salvador Larroca

INVINCIBLE RETURNS #1 by Darwyn Cooke

JACK OF FABLES #43 by Brian Bolland

THE MARVELS PROJECT #6 by Gerard Parel

NEW MUTANTS #10 by Adam Kubert

PUNISHERMAX #4 by Dave Johnson

S.W.O.R.D. #4 by Michael Del Mundo

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7 by David Lafuente
Obviously this is but a sampling of the awesome covers coming in three months--please share your own favorites!

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