Unique Things Life: david aja

Dienstag, 26. Juli 2011

Art Attack: October 2011's Coolest Covers

Ah, what better way to push past the post Comic-Con hangover than with some sweet covers for Halloween time...

-Travel Foreman's Animal Man covers are super unsettling. That's a good thing because I notice them.

-More "retro" Black Panther covers from Francesco Francavilla please!

-Four months, still not a bad Daredevil cover.

-Ryan Sook's cover for DC Comics Presents #2 captures the essence of what I see Deadman as being about as a character and strip if that makes sense.

-Simon Bisley is such a strange choice for Deathstroke cover artist--I dig it.

-Hot skullhead-on-skullhead action by Adam Kubert on the cover to Ghost Rider #4! HOT!

-I love the way Doug Mahnke draws Sinestro Corps members, especially the double header dude.

-More Juan Doe: Always a good thing.

-By virtue of that Black Panther cover and his Pigs image, I decree Francesco Francavilla my cover artist of the month (David Aja in close second).

-Is Erik Larsen's Bin Laden cover for Savage Dragon controversial? I don't know, but it got my attention.

-Lovely to see Tony Harris drawing The Shade again.

-The cover to Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #3 is trippy. The way Emma Rios' mind works fascinates me.

-Perhaps putting the 20th Anniversary Edition of X-Men #1's cover on here is a cheat, but Thomas Mason's re-coloring job is that good.

ANIMAL MAN #2 by Travel Foreman

AQUAMAN #2 by Ivan Reis

BATMAN AND ROBIN #2 by Patrick Gleason

BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #524 by Francesco Francavilla

BLUE ESTATE #6 by Viktor Kalvachev

BOMB QUEEN VII: QUEEN'S WORLD #3 by Jimmie Robinson

CHEW #23 by Rob Guillory

DAREDEVIL #5 by Marcos Martin

DC COMICS PRESENTS #2 by Ryan Sook

DEATHSTROKE #2 by Simon Bisley

DETECTIVE COMICS #2 by Tony Daniel

THE FLASH #2 by Francis Manapul

GENERATION HOPE #12 by Rodin Escuejo

GHOST RIDER #4 by Adam Kubert

GREEN LANTERN #2 by Doug Mahnke

JOHN CARTER: WORLD OF MARS #1 by Esad Ribic

JOURNEY OF MYSTERY #629 by Stephanie Hans

LEGION OF MONSTERS #1 by Juan Doe

MISTER TERRIFIC #2 by J.G. Jones

PIGS #2 by Francesco Francavilla

RED SKULL #4 by David Aja

THE RED WING #4 by Nick Pitarra

SAVAGE DRAGON #177 by Erik Larsen

SECRET AVENGERS #18 by David Aja

THE SHADE #1 by Tony Harris

S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 by Gerard Parel

SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK & DAGGER #3 by Emma Rios

THUNDERBOLTS #164 by Joe Quinones

ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE #3 by Kaare Andrews

THE UNEXPECTED #1 cover by Rafael Grampa

VENGEANCE #4 cover by Gabrielle Dell'Otto

X-FACTOR #226 by David Yardin

X-MEN 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #1 by Jim Lee & Thomas Mason

X-MEN LEGACY #257 by Mico Suayan

X-MEN: REGENESIS #1 by Morry Hollowell

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