Thursday, February 17, 2011

Art Attack: May 2011's Coolest Covers

-Kenneth Rocafort is a helluva talent. Very interested to see him on a big-time super hero like Superman.

-Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic makes the list twice, snatching the top cover artist crown in her household for one month from husband Marko with the aid of a space-faring Raccoon! To be fair, that's a tough hand to beat...

-Palyfulness and creativity goes a long way, as seen on Billy Tan's cover to Avengers Academy.

-Dan Jurgens' cover to Booster Gold is the best visual teaser to Flashpoint I've seen yet for my money. He knows how to bring it.

-Paolo Rivera's Chris Evans as Captain America: Damn.

-I can never get enough Scott Kolins drawing Professor Zoom. On the subject, I'd love to see the other Zoom back for Flashpoint in some form.

-So that's what a David Aja Green Arrow cover would look like. Very nice.

-I am so enamored of that 1950's Avengers team Mike Deodato draws on the cover of New Avengers. How can anybody handle the combined barechested gusto of both Kraven and Sabretooth?

-The cover to Northlanders reminds me of the ice painting my mother does, which makes me wonder if Massimo Carnevale used that technique.

-Speaking of Mike Deodato, that is a great shot of the new Venom and really gives him some distance from his predecessors straight off just with the cocky smile beneath the mask.

ACTION COMICS #901 by Kenneth Rocafort
ANNIHILATORS #3 by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic
ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #6 by Adam Kubert
AVENGERS ACADEMY #13 by Billy Tan
BOOSTER GOLD #44 by Dan Jurgens
CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIRST VENGEANCE #1 by Paolo Rivera
DEADPOOL #37 by Dave Johnson
DETECTIVE COMICS #877 by Jock
FEAR ITSELF: SPIDER-MAN #1 by Marko Djurdjevic
THE FLASH #13 by Scott Kolins
GREEN ARROW #12 by David Aja
HAWKEYE: BLINDSPOT #4 by Mike Perkins
HELLBLAZER #279 by Simon Bisley
KING CONAN: THE SCARLET CITADEL #4 by Darick Robertson
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #4 by Michael Komarck
MOON KNIGHT #1 by Alex Maleev
NEW AVENGERS #10 by Mike Deodato
NORTHLANDERS #40 by Massimo Carnevale
OZMA OF OZ #6 by Skottie Young
SECRET AVENGERS #13 by Adi Granov
SPIDER-GIRL #7 by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic
SPIDEY SUNDAY SPECTACULAR! #1 by Marcos Martin
STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 by Mark Buckingham
VENOM #3 by Mike Deodato
X-MEN GIANT-SIZE #1 by Ed McGuinness

6 comments:

  1. I love the Zombies cover because it features the Jack of Hearts, one of my favorite under-utilized characters in all Marveldom.

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  2. Say what you will about Jack of Hearts, the man has a great costume (that I'm sure artists hate drawing because of its complexity).

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  3. I'm an artist, and I love drawing it. Specifically because of its complexity.

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  4. oh boy did you ever pick the wrong variant cover to feature here when it comes to Annihilators#3.

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  5. I totally match with anything you have written.

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