Ah, yes. Another holiday weekend, another inappropriately harsh hangover. Perhaps you should take a few moments out of your Monday to recoup with our ever-so-lovely Comic Cover Preview. We’ll try to stay away from the harsh brights this week.
WTF? Category
Where we don’t understand, are insulted by or would rather stab our eyes with acid pops than look at these covers for various reasons.
Miss Fury #4
Dave: Miss Fury says the best way to clean up a mess is with your breasts. Look at that sweeping action! Get this lady the Shamwow guy. She’s going to make a fortune from teenage boys.
Brendan: Teenage boys and lonely men! I feel like this is the cliche “sultry” pose and, while the basic concept does… ahem… work, I don’t think Mr. Benitez has brought anything special to the plate. That’s some good looking hard wood, though.
Fathom Elite Saga #4
Brendan: Hey, uhh, buddy? There seems to be something wrong with your neck. Are those all veins? Tendons? Is that, like, a thing that actually happens to people? I think he needs to see a doctor.
Dave: That sure looks painful. Too many neck pulls and cleans…I’ve seen it a thousand times!
Dave’s Honorable Mentions
Astro City #2
Dave: The phone, notepad and pen are genius moves on Ross’ part. It adds a layer of reality to the already realistic painting. Also, is that Barbie at the top of the cover? Her soulless eyes are striking. That’s what happens when Ken drops you for the Katniss doll. The bitch.
Brendan: DAMMIT DAVE I SAID NO HARSH COLORS. I get that Alex Ross has to be sick of drawing the same gorgeous images over and over again and I understand his desire to “branch out” through experimentation with color palettes. That said, this experiment might be a dud. I don’t think the color choices bring anything to the image. If anything, they distract and offend.
Uncanny X-Men #8
Dave: The cheesecake train has arrived! Sure, this is an excuse to get Campbell to draw our ladies just standing around, but the costumes and hair are pretty inspired. Check Rogue’s hair for instance, as she’s trying to kick it up like Storm’s mohawk. At the very least it’s a fun cover. You remember fun, don’t you?
Brendan: I love that they’ve all switched costumes. It’s like the goings-on of one of those infamous Xavier School slumber parties I just made up right then! Overall there isn’t much to hate on this cover. It’s cute, fun and leaves you with a smile on your face.
Brendan’s Honorable Mentions
Black Bat #3
Brendan: Something about the symmetry of this cover gets me. I enjoy the concept of light/dark weaponry as well as the stoic, emotionless face. While it may be a bit bland, I think it has hidden gems that help summarize the character portrayed.
Dave: The shadows are intriguing on this cover. They should be impossible to look this way, but maybe it’s his powers. The character is mysterious and just the right level of brooding.
Batgirl #22
Brendan: I must say, Garner is a Gee Dee talent! I love the thick brushstrokes that give the cover a blurry, aurora borealis feel. Also, I think the concept of sharpening and keeping Batgirl’s teary face in focus was a great one.
Dave: There’s a bit of movement going on too which is pretty neat. Check the motion blur on the left arm. I don’t know why she’s holding the knife the way she is, but dang are those tears heartfelt.
Brendan’s Cover of the Week
Batman Arkham Unhinged #16
Brendan: I love the use of space here. Everything works together so well and you’re drawn from each component to the next. Beyond that, I love the detailing of the architecture as well as the sputtering flecks of material in front of the flood lights. Everything combined results in an incredible, moody piece.
Dave: The angle at which Bats is tilting on the chimney makes everything feel a bit vexing and mysterious. The sheer weight of Batman and the building pull the viewers eyes in while the see through nature of the villain lighten the rest of the cover nicely.
Dave’s Cover of the Week
Fearless Defenders #6
Dave: Mark Brooks is another artist that isn’t satisfied unless he’s got a killer concept behind all the pretty artwork. Here we got ourselves a pulp paperback that’s on the resale shelf with a hastily added sticker. Love the worn binding and monsters, but what I truly love is the orange connecting our heroes to the monsters.
Brendan: I do dig the worn cover concept. The colors blend a bit too much for my tastes, but the art is impeccable. The detailing of those ghouls is simply inspiring.
Single Issue Comics To Be Released This Week
This is a cleaned up list via ComicList.com. Comic availability subject to change.
- BOOM! Studios
- Adventure Time Candy Capers #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Tessa Stone), 3.99
- Freelancers #1 (Get-A-Sketch Variant Cover), $9.99
- Grace Randolph’s Supurbia #9 (Cover A Stephane Roux), $3.99
- Planet Of The Apes Cataclysm #11 (Cover A Gabriel Hardman), $3.99
- Six-Gun Gorilla #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Ramon Perez), $3.99
- Dark Horse
- Breath Of Bones A Tale Of The Golem #2 (Of 3), $3.99
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #23 (Phil Noto Regular Cover), $2.99
- Eerie Comics #3, $3.99
- Star Wars #7 (Rodolfo Migliari Regular Cover), $2.99
- True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys #2 (Of 6)(Gabriel Ba Variant Cover), $3.99
- X #3 (Of 4), $2.99
- DC COMICS
- Astro City #2, $3.99
- Batgirl #22, $2.99
- Batman #22 (Greg Capullo Regular Cover), $3.99
- Batman Arkham Unhinged #16, $3.99
- Batman Li’l Gotham #4 (Dustin Nguyen Regular Cover), $2.99
- Demon Knights #22, $2.99
- Green Lantern Corps #22 (Bernard Chang Regular Cover), $2.99
- Green Lantern The Animated Series #14 (Final Issue), $2.99
- Justice League #22 (Ivan Reis & Joe Prado Regular Cover), $3.99
- Katana #6, $2.99
- Nightwing #22, $2.99
- Smallville Season 11 #15, $3.99
- Suicide Squad #22, $2.99
- Superman Unchained #2 (Jim Lee & Scott Williams Regular Cover), $3.99
- Threshold #7, $3.99
- Worlds’ Finest #14, $2.99
- IDW
- Godzilla #13 (Cover B Matt Frank), $3.99
- Judge Dredd Classics #1 (Cover SUB Brian Bolland), $3.99
- My Little Pony Micro-Series #6 (Of 6)(Applejack)(Cover A Amy Mebberson), $3.99
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures #1 (Cover A Dario Brizuela), $3.99
- Image Comics
- 68 Jungle Jim #4 (Of 4)(Cover B Nat Jones & Jay Fotos), $3.99
- America’s Got Powers #6 (Of 7), $2.99
- Chew #35, $2.99
- Darkness #114 (Cover A Jeremy Haun & John Rauch), $4.99
- Dawn The Swordmaster’s Daughter And Other Stories (One Shot), $3.99
- East Of West #4 (Cover A Nick Dragotta), $3.50
- Ghosted #1, $2.99
- Great Pacific #8, $2.99
- Peter Panzerfaust #12, $3.50
- Savage Dragon #189, $3.99
- Sheltered #1, $2.99
- Storm Dogs #6 (Of 6), $3.50
- Walking Dead #112, $2.99
- MARVEL COMICS
- Astonishing X-Men #64, $3.99
- Avengers Arena #12, $2.99
- Daredevil #28, $2.99
- Fearless Defenders #6, $2.99
- Hawkeye #12, $2.99
- Indestructible Hulk #10, $3.99
- Marvel’s Thor The Dark World Prelude #2 (Of 2), $2.99
- Secret Avengers #6, $3.99
- Superior Spider-Man #13, $3.99
- Ultimate Comics The Ultimates #27, $3.99
- Uncanny X-Men #8, $3.99
- Wolverine #6, $3.99
- Young Avengers #7, $2.99
- Valiant Entertainment
- Quantum And Woody #1 (Tom Fowler QR Voice Variant Cover), 3.99
- X-O Manowar #15 (Clayton Crain Pullbox Cover), $3.99
- Zenescope Entertainment
- Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Demons The Unseen #2 (Of 3)(Cover C Richard Ortiz), $3.99
- Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Jungle Book Last Of The Species #5 (Of 5)(Cover A Jimbo Salgado), $3.99
- Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Zombies The Cursed #1 (Of 3)(Cover A Anthony Spay), $3.99
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