Art Attack: March 2011's Coolest Covers

Freitag, 24. Dezember 2010

Art Attack: March 2011's Coolest Covers

-5 Ronin is truly a treasure trove of amazing cover art. I was quite close to just throwing all 10 gorgeous pieces up here, but decided the love needed to be spread a bit more; something about samurai super heroes just brings out the best in artists, I guess. The concept sounds pretty cool and there are some great interior artists on this as well, so I'm looking forward to it.

-That Avengers Academy cover caught my eye both because it has so much going on and because it seemed like such an un-Mike McKone cover from Mike McKone.

-It's pretty tough for J.H. Williams III not to make these lists.

-It's pretty tough for Travis Charest not to make these lists.

-Galactus is the true star of this post!

-I'm a sucker for homage covers done well, and Giuseppe Camuncoli nailed Wolverine #1 (1988) with his Daken: Dark Wolverine #7 piece.

-That's the best cover I think J.G. Jones has done for Doc Savage yet.

-Janet Lee is tremendously talented.

-Dustin Nguyen's Generation Lost #21 cover is dynamite; he continues to be my guy to watch for great cover art.

-Sometimes you just need to nail classic poses for a dynamic cover, as I believe Art Adams and Joe Quesada remind the industry's young pups with their Thunderbolts and Venom work here.

-That Usagi Yojimbo cover makes me smile--what does that say about me?

-I'm surprised of all the Milestone series they could bring back on an ongoing basis, DC chose Xombi. Not unpleasantly surprised, mind you, as Xombi always seemed to have a neat hook of "real magic," (admittedly I never read it, but I remember the house ads), but I'll be up front and say the primary reason I remember it is as being one of the few books from that line not starring an African American lead (Kobalt being the other major one).

5 RONIN: HULK cover by Mark Brooks