Comments on: Judging (Marvel's March) Books By Their Covers

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:10:10 +0000

Not the strongest of months.

Still, honourable mentions:

Fantastic Four: The End 6 - just cos Alan Davis makes them look interesting (and they're a pretty bland bunch most of the time)
Ghost Rider 9 - well conceived and menacing
Silent War 3

Top Five

5 X-Factor 17 - the barbed wire makes it - adding a kind of holocaust element

4 Zemo- Born Better 2 - cos it's funny and very detailed

3 Daredevil 95 - great portrait, you can feel the costume stretch, can't you?

2 Spider-man: Reign 4 - now that's just nasty, but in a good way.

1 Exiles 92 - what's not to love about this? Yum!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:44:52 +0000

Cool beans.

By: David Hahn

David Hahn — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:40:07 +0000

Oh, no worries and no offense taken, man. Actually I was directing my sarcastic comment to the Bryan in post 33! And I'm sure he meant no offense either. Thanks for supporting SMLMJ, all!

And everyone make sure to check out my man David Williams stuff too!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:10:15 +0000

David H., I was confused by your comment, until I reread the piece, and I noticed it DID appear as though I was knocking you.

Sorry, man, was not the intent. I think your art will fit it fine on the book. I was just joking about the transition from Bite Club to Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. Seemed like a hilarious mix of themes.

But yeah, re-reading it, it sounds like I'm knocking ya.

Sorry 'bout that.

By: David Williams

David Williams — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:19:05 +0000

I'll be sure to turn down the "glossy" for you next time.;)
Good lookin out.

Peace

D.Wams

Brohawk

http://brohawk.deviantart.com/

By: David Hahn

David Hahn — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:53:31 +0000

Right on, thanks David!

By: david brothers

david brothers — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:57:42 +0000

Your art was tops on Bite Club, in my opinion, so the news of you replacing Miyazawa on SM Hearts MJ got a hearty "YES!" from me. I'll be sad to see Tak go, but you're just as good in my book.

By: David Hahn

David Hahn — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:54:03 +0000

I think the decision to go with me for Spider-Man Loves Maty Jane was based on my Private Beach (SLG) and Fables (DC) work, not my Bite Club art, even though most peole thought the Bite Club art looked too 'young' for the subject. Oh well, at least you still have Miyazawa's covers and Sean's writing.

By: comixkid2099

comixkid2099 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:52:24 +0000

i thought the character on the gunslinger born book was the crimson king.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:46:25 +0000

Yeah, you would figure, Christopher, but I just wonder if anyone ever said anything about that (any inker/penciler team), about how they came up with doing something like that.

By: Chistopher

Chistopher — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:01:24 +0000

As far as the Grummet Erskine G. E. thing. I seem to recall Chris Bachalo doing a similar thing. When he was being inked by Mark Buckingham he would sign his covers "Chrucky" it always seemed to me that they were in cahoots in some way on that. It's safe to say that pencilers and inkers probably have some kind of dialogue going on and they might agree on something like that.
Peace out

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:50:24 +0000

Takeshi Miyazawa will continue doing the covers for Spidey/MJ after he leaves the series, so you'll at least have that to look forward to, Brian.

By: Zach Adams

Zach Adams — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:31:34 +0000

That 'Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane' cover is utterly adorable. There is no other word for it.

By: Pedro BouÃ§a

Pedro BouÃ§a — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:34:59 +0000

"They were getting so repetitive that all I HAD to say about each cover was, â€œOh, whoâ€™s that character?â€

And it just wasnâ€™t interesting for me anymore.

But yeah, youâ€™re totally right, though. Not knowing the characters is not a good enough reason to not do a bit on a cover."

Well, you can always complain ABOUT that...

And this is an interesting point. US comics are
forgetting how to do interesting covers! There are so many pin-up covers nowdays that artists keep doing it even on series where they don't make a lot of sense (like the aforementioned Dabel Bros. books).

Best,
Hunter (Pedro BouÃ§a)

By: Bully

Bully — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:33:03 +0000

Would you count this Yanick Paquette cover as an homage? (Wolverine leaving the mansion on Ultimate X-Men #80) Please pardon the self-link to an October post on my own blog, but that's not so much a homage as it is running a visual into the ground.

By: Ryan Day

Ryan Day — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:30:59 +0000

Nice cover by Bianchi. I've found a lot of his covers (particularly the Batman ones) to be fairly stiff and generic, but that one really packs a punch.

I really do think that Arthur Suydam needs to move on. The first few zombie homage covers were cute, but it's getting old now.

By: T.

T. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:26:23 +0000

Oh, I see your point now Brian. I thought you were initially under the impression that Gary Erskine was putting up his own initials. My bad.

By: David C

David C — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:58:35 +0000

I think my top vote just about every month goes to the current Epting Captain America cover. *Most* of his covers look like they'd make awesome movie posters!

By: Uncle Nobs

Uncle Nobs — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:38:22 +0000

Is there a way we can convince Land to stick to monsters only?

By: Uncle Nobs

Uncle Nobs — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:32:45 +0000

LOVE the Garney cover. Possibly the best thing he's ever done.

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