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

By: Mild Mannered Man

Mild Mannered Man — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:14:54 +0000

Guess I've been a bit out of touch, but what's up with the Iron Man and Annoying Anime Superkids thing? Is he really teamed up with japanamerican 'heroes' now?

By: Mild Mannered Man

Mild Mannered Man — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:11:13 +0000

This is the first time I've come across your blog, and I am overall impressed with it and your personal comments.
I was out looking for old Moon Knight cover-work when I came upon your wierd torso image.
It reminds me of making little playdoh men and then 'mutating' them for fun.
Very strange, but perplexing enough to save...

By: Daniel Of Dreams

Daniel Of Dreams — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:44:25 +0000

Of course that would be "X-Fascists" I coulda sworn there was a C in there when I typed it...

By: Daniel Of Dreams

Daniel Of Dreams — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:38:27 +0000

Getting here a little late but I can't beleve noone mentioned the Penance cover.
How short is Speed... er Penance supposed to be where Wolverine looks like a giant compared to him?
Isn't Logan like 4 ft. 7 or something?

I also thought the Uncanny X-fasists propaganda poster was a little odd. Perhaps the rising sun (also a staple of propaganda art) represents a new dawn for Mutantkind with that whole Messiah Complex thing?

By: mega

mega — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:29 +0000

Did you skip this past month's worth of this column because of the top characters feature? That was pretty fun, but kinda bummed me out -- this is, for whatever reason, my favorite. Commentary _plus_ easy pop-up-less browsing of covers is simple but perfect. Any chance we'll get a catch-up?

By: Portable Hal

Portable Hal — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:21:34 +0000

I love this column, by the way. I just wish you'd do the "little guys" covers, too; give us some Dark Horse love, some Antarctic Press info, some Oni Press cover stuff. I'd also like to see your spin on the multiple Red Sonja covers (that Dynamite...something. Entertainment?...puts out) from Cho/Turner/Rubi/Lopresti/Mayhew etc. As far as Marvel's November covers? How can the Mack piece not be #1?

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:40:13 +0000

I really like the Dorian Gray cover as a picture, but nothing about it actually screams 'Dorian Gray'.
Nothing on it shows the flip between his angelic looks and his immorality.
Although if they keep his face on the covers, change the surrounding action each issue to get more depraved, and have the face slowly decay, that'd be cool.

By: Sam Rauch

Sam Rauch — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:40:36 +0000

ChuckDaddy, I believe you're thinking of an issue from the Kree-Skrull War, so it'd be Avengers #90-something. In terms o Captain America's shield, I'm only bothered when the shield is shown to be pockmarked or dented. Scratches are fine, so long as they're not overdone.

By: Scott MacIver

Scott MacIver — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:28:48 +0000

Greg Land's Hercules looks a little like the WWE's Chris Masters...

By: Flint Paper

Flint Paper — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:28:33 +0000

Regarding Fancy Dan's using the guns as blunt objects: That would be pretty cool, actually. He could just load them with blanks, which would still be perfectly lethal if the barrel is so close to you anyway and could act as a punch-intensifier for when he goes up against Luke Cage, since he's got no hope of breaking the skin. Sort of a close-quarters-combat-adaptation of the Gun Fu from Equilibrium!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:45:00 +0000

According to Marvel Universe Deluxe, Capâ€™s shield is covered with â€œred, white and blue high-temperature enamel, mixed with titanium nitride to retard ablation.â€

Thanks!

Wow, that sounds really complicated.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:44:01 +0000

Regarding the Enforcers: Does Fancy Dan not use his superlative martial arts skills anymore? Looks to me like Montanaâ€™s put the lariat aside to use a couple of six-shooters, so itâ€™s disappointing that Danâ€™s also going guns akimbo

It'd be cool, though, if he used the guns as just blunt objects!!

Now THAT'd be a cool fighting style!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:42:18 +0000

Iâ€™m thinking the cowl strangeness on that CA: Chosen cover is more a symptom of a generalised lack-of-heroic strangeness. He looks like a guy posing off before the costume party.

Yeah, I think that's spot on.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:40:35 +0000

Are you just bashing that cover because you donâ€™t like Silvestri? Because while itâ€™s not revolutionary or anything, itâ€™s not bad either. Itâ€™s just a standard, by the book, group cover shot. Donâ€™t exactly see whatâ€™s so heavy-handed about it.

What Lynxara said, basically.

It looks like a propaganda piece, which is weird.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:39:35 +0000

(especially compared to the bone-headed choice of Avengers Classic).

Classy.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:39:06 +0000

The DAREDEVIL cover might be the first part of a diptytch or quadriptytch, which might explain the odd breakâ€¦

Hopefully! That WOULD explain it!

By: km

km — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:38:52 +0000

Hey, I'm still way back on my question about Luke Cage and his, y'know, unbreakable skin, and all I get is called a spoilsport picky-face.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:38:01 +0000

I think itâ€™s been established (maybe in the Gruenwald years) that the red-white-blue paint on Capâ€™s shield can be scratched, just not the metal itself.

That makes sense, and yeah, it doesn't exactly make sense, as the paint would be stripped every issue, but it makes more sense than anything else!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:36:58 +0000

How could the original Human Torch become a zombie? Heâ€™s an android. Synthetic. Just a thought.

Synthetic zombies are actually the worst kinds of zombies.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:04:31 +0000

Iâ€™ve been saying this for the past three months and youâ€™re just now getting it?

That's what I was referring to, silly.