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Top Five Marvel Comics Covers for November 2008
Okay, I'll admit, I totally got the dates wrong on the solicitations. I thought I had one more week before Marvel and DC's new solicitations were out. My bad! Oh well, I guess I might as well do the December ones now, instead.
But to keep as a fill-in, here are my picks for the November 2008 solicitations for Marvel Comics.
Enjoy!
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I love a lot of the subtle touches Gerald Parel puts into this cover, but in the end, I don't think any one of them stands out enough for the cover to really "pop."
I think the cover theme of these Magneto covers by Marko Djurdjevic is going to be growing old soon.
Okay, it grew old already.
Still, otherwise, great cover.
Speaking of Djurdjevic, besides his ability to depict motion through mostly using odd angles (something Alex Ross also does to great effect sometimes), he also knows how to draw an action cover - you depict the action directly PRECEDING the action the readers presumably WANT to see.
These two covers are examples of this idea...
Good work by Djurdjevic.
Arthur Suydam goes a little too far in my book, but on the whole, it is still a very well-designed cover.
A stunning piece of work by Clayton Henry - I don't recall any of his work ever being THIS dynamic!
This Gerald Parel cover is a bit more striking, and I especially love the way he uses the fade effect to make the main character stand out that much more.
5. The only thing keeping this awesome Marcos Martin cover this low is the fact that yeah, it's a bit of a cliched cover idea.
Still, wow, what a great cover.
4. Dave Johnson gives us probably the best Punisher cover featuring Jigsaw, well, ever.
Strong design work there.
3. Stuart Immonen delivers a striking Venom cover for Ultimate Spider-Man.
The force and ominiousness of the cover are amazing.
2. Mark Brooks showing that computer art can occasionally look amazing with this cover featuring Rogue.
1. New Thunderbolts cover artist Francesco "Matt" Mattina helps out incoming writer Andy Diggle a lot with this alluring and mysterious cover that manages to stand out while still maintaining subtle charms (unlike the Parel cover on top that has the subtle charm but does not stand out as much).
That's my top five! Agree? Disagree? Let me know!
- Posted on September 16, 2008 @ 06:13 AM
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Joe H
September 16, 2008 at 6:24 am
Definitely love the Thunderbolts cover. That would be in my top 5. Don't like the Ultimate X-Men cover so much though.
Joe H
September 16, 2008 at 6:27 am
My #2 would have been New Avengers 47 instead.
Dunc
September 16, 2008 at 6:51 am
Djurdjevic's Thor, Parel's Musketeers & Henry's Herc in 2,3,4 respectively with Rogue or Magneto rounding it out.
Nick Marino
September 16, 2008 at 7:49 am
disagree!
3. X-Men: World's Apart - because Storm is awesome and so is the cover. currently my desktop wallpaper at work.
2. She-Hulk - c'mon, it's Deodato drawing She-Hulk fighting a bear. do i need to say anything more? my desktop wallpaper at home.
1. Avengers: The Initiative - 3-D Man's goggles shattering with Havok-style concentric circles shooting out from the explosion. awesome! was my desktop at home but i needed a change.
and btw, Clayton Henry has always been incredible, especially if you go back and read his work on the Alpha Flight relaunch with Scott Lobdell from a few years ago.
Michael
September 16, 2008 at 11:39 am
For a minute, I thought Long John Silver was Wolverine.
And there's a story in that idea...
Stu
September 16, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Why does Bullseye only use Aces of Spades? Regular decks of cards are significantly cheaper.
Thomas
September 16, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Stu
"Why does Bullseye only use Aces of Spades? Regular decks of cards are significantly cheaper."
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He goes to the same magic shop as Gambit
Hal
September 16, 2008 at 6:27 pm
My #1? The Venom cover.
Absolutely ROCKS.
Blackjak
September 17, 2008 at 6:22 am
I'm amazed no-ones ever used that theme for jigsaw before....
Love Immonen's Venom - REALLY scary!
Thunderbolts cover is definintely No. 1 though!
Thank you once again, Monsieur Cronin, you are spoiling us!
Bic
September 17, 2008 at 6:39 am
My pick for the month is X-Force #9. That cover is packed to the gills with violent, sexy, sleazy imagery. One thing it isn't is subtle but if I was looking for subtly I wouldn't be reading a superhero action comic.
fanboy d
September 17, 2008 at 10:59 am
what happened to judging the entire solicitations???
Anonymous
September 17, 2008 at 11:38 am
"what happened to judging the entire solicitations???"
Too many covers.
David Lee Ingersoll
October 10, 2008 at 10:11 am
I hope you're able to do the full solicitations in the next installment of Judging. I'm sure it's a lot of work but I really enjoy this feature. It's one of my favorites here at CBR.