Comments on: My Top Ten (Marvel August) Covers

By: Zombie X

Zombie X — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:35:11 +0000

Mary Jane, starting center for the Knicks, and her little tiny scooter.

By: rwe1138

rwe1138 — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:07:40 +0000

I love Lockjaw’s Infinity Collar.

By: Alonso

Alonso — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:21:32 +0000

Quck question. Brian said that the Lockjaw cover was a homage. Is it Infinity Gauntlet? Or am I missing something even more obvious?

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:33:05 +0000

The problem I have with Granov’s picture is that Mary Jane just isn’t pretty.

Mambrose: when the entire page has stuff in it except for small slivers..that’s negative space.
When it’s a single image floating in white, that’s no background.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:43:03 +0000

But also, when Adi Granov does it, he’s not drawing a background, but when Skottie Young does it, its negative space?

You know, I’m not just making these terms up for shits and giggles. Negative space is an actual thing – it is what Skottie Young, Dave Johnson, Jock and others do with most of their covers, and it is categorically not “just having a white background” like the Amazing Spider-Man #602 cover.

By: mambrose

mambrose — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:51:38 +0000

I like what Granov does with the design of the cover, not so much the drawing of MJ.

But also, when Adi Granov does it, he’s not drawing a background, but when Skottie Young does it, its negative space?

By: C. Adams

C. Adams — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:23:51 +0000

That Granov cover looks like it was just photoshopped from a magazine ad.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:01:02 +0000

Even allowing for perspective, MJ’s legs are so freakily out of proportion in the Granov cover.

I too like the Campbell cover, but then I also have the complete run of Danger Girl…

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:50:22 +0000

Because it has tits and gams, Si.

By: Si__

Si__ — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:30:39 +0000

How come an editor approves a cover like Granov´s?

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:55 +0000

I’m not reading Pet Avengers, but I do love the cover to the fourth issue. I’m glad other people recognize it as a homage to Infinity Gauntlet #4. I’m not sure IG #4 has ever been parodied before, nor have I ever thought it had “iconic” status–but hey, I guess parody is one of the steps towards making something iconic. Let’s see more!

By: layne

layne — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:14 +0000

The J. Scott Campbell cover actually reminds me a lot of Kyle Baker.
Aside from the non-ironic squozen boobs.

By: Capt USA

Capt USA — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:46:31 +0000

I agree with c adams, the Thunderbolts cover absolutely rocks. (I like the incredible hercules cover also for the exact reason you mentioned, it makes you want to pick up the title) I think you are being a tad harsh on amazing #601, I thought Mary Jane looked very cute in the cover and it was another one of those “Peter being spidey instead of hooking up with MJ” storylines. Agreed about #602, what the heck?

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:57:54 +0000

Hmmm… normally I mostly agree with these lists, but not this time.

I love Skottie Young… but the cover you have as #1 is just not very good. It is more messy than anything. If you had put the OTHER Young cover I wouldn’t have batted and I.

AND

I think that Campbell cover is GREAT. I normally hate his art (that Marvel Divas cover from last month was just horrible), but this is an over-the-top stylistic work. Of COURSE women don’t sit around like that, but not for a second do I look at this as a LITERAL depiction. It is just classic ‘good-girl-art’.

I can ALMOST say that about the Granov cover with it… but it just isn’t done as well. Her legs just look weird.

By: C. Adams

C. Adams — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:56:25 +0000

I like the girl on your number one. The Thunderbolts would be my one with both noir issues right after.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:42:51 +0000

Shouldn’t that be “MARVEL solicits for August” and not “DC solicits”?

I know, I know, nobody’s perfekt, but that’s why we have gremlins to blame it on.