Art Attack: August 2011's Coolest Covers

-I'm tellin' ya, this Kenneth Rocafort kid is going places.

-I love most things Dustin Nguyen does, but perhaps nothing more than his trademark "Tons of characters shoved onto one cover and wedged in every tiny place" collages. Two in one month? Gold.

-AHHH BATMAN HAS AN EIFFEL TOWER IN HIS EYE

-USAgent is another one of those cult characters I just know Phil Jimenez had a ball drawing.

-The Paolo Rivera cover to Daredevil #2 is currently my wallpaper at work.

-I didn't notice Dave Johnson working "Wade" into the lobes of the brain on the Deadpool cover right away, but once I did, it made me smile.

-Jock's trifecta of striking images make him my artist of the month, I believe. There is such raw power in the action he depicts, from Batman firing a right hook at "the camera," the car crashing on the Driver cover and Hulk eviscerating Wolverine with his fist. Brutal, awesome stuff.

-I didn't realize I've been waiting for Ryan Stegman to draw The Walrus...but I have been.

-Olivier Coipel's Mighty Thor #5 cover isn't just very well-drawn, it's clever too. You need a little something extra beyond just pure talent to make a bunch of country bumpkins and some random weirdos in armor in Galactus' shadow look dope.

-Alex Maleev draws a mean Bullseye.

-That Secret Six cover is a lot of fun; I'm intrigued to see how it looks with full trade dress and on the stands.

-Bryan Hitch really captured something in that Ultimate Fallout cover. I've honestly never felt a particularly strong connection to Ultimate Captain America, but I really feel for him there just from the posture and little details Hitch throws in.

-I'm not entirely sure what's going on in that Venom cover but I like it!

ACTION COMICS #904 by Kenneth RocafortAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #667 by Humberto RamosAVENGERS #16 by Alan DavisBATGIRL #24 by Dustin NguyenBATMAN 80-PAGE GIANT 2011 #1 by Dustin NguyenBATMAN AND ROBIN #26 by Chris BurnhamCAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #621 by Ed McGuinnessCAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #3 by Phil JimenezDAREDEVIL #2 by Paolo RiveraDC RETROACTIVE: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA - THE 90'S by Kevin MaguireDEADPOOL #41 by Dave JohnsonDETECTIVE COMICS #881 by JockDRIVER: CROSSING THE LINE #1 by JockFEAR ITSELF: DEADPOOL #3 by Ryan StegmanFLASHPOINT: DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #3 by Cliff ChiangFLASHPOINT: SECRET SEVEN #3 by George PerezGENERATION HOPE #10 by Salva EspinGOTHAM CITY SIRENS #26 by Guillem MarchINCREDIBLE HULKS #635 by Paul PelletierJUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #54 by Darwyn CookeMARVEL UNIVERSE VS. WOLVERINE #3 by JockMIGHTY THOR #5 by Olivier CoipelMOON KNIGHT #4 by Alex MaleevSECRET SIX #36 by Jim CalafioreSUPERBOY #11 by Karl KerschlULTIMATE FALLOUT #6 by Bryan HitchULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE #1 by Adam KubertULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #1 by Esad RibicTHE UNWRITTEN #28 by Yuko ShimizuVENOM #6 by Tony Moore

Art Attack: April 2011's Coolest Covers

-Name to me anything that can't be improved by mixing it with the Infinity Gauntlet.

-It's weird, but the thing I'm most impressed about with Gene Ha's Batman & Robin cover is the care he took in drawing the parts of Batman's back we can see. Anybody can draw a screaming figure, but seriously, it's details like those that separate the pros from the pack.

-Jo Chen Hellboy!

-Adi Granov's Captain America: Hail Hydra covers have had an extra pop to them I feel his work, beautiful though it always is, sometimes lacks. I think it's something to do with the colors; they seem brighter for some reason, less muted.

-I'm disappointed the 70's era version of Robotman seems to be missing from that Doom Patrol cover, or at the least it's not jumping out to me.

-Mike Allred has been doing this a long time and still seems like he's always looking for ways to top what he did last.

-Not really art-related, but I think the cast of Justice League: Generation Lost should inherit the Outsiders name/book when their series is over if nobody's using it.

-Darick Robertson's Conan is pretty much perfect, I think.

-That Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates cover by Leinil Francis Yu is homage done very right.

-Terry Dodson's Uncanny X-Men cover could be a great movie poster. It almost looks like Star Wars or something.

-That Venom cover by Tony Moore is also homage done very right.

-Adam Hughes is very good at what he does.

AVENGERS #12 by John Romita Jr.

AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE #5 by Jimmy Cheung

AXE COP: BAD GUY EARTH #2 by Ethan Nicolle

BATMAN & ROBIN #22 by Gene Ha

BATMAN BEYOND #4 by Dustin Nguyen

BATMAN EUROPA #4 by Jock

BPRD: DEAD REMEMBERED #1 by Jo Chen

CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA #4 by Adi Granov

DEADPOOL #35 by Dave Johnson

DOOM PATROL #21 by Matthew Clark

EMMA #2 by Janet Lee

FABLES #104 by Joao Ruas

iZOMBIE #12 by Mike Allred

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #602 by Art Adams

JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #23 by Dustin Nguyen

KING CONAN: THE DARK CITADEL #3 by Darick Robertson

MIGHTY THOR #1 by Travis Charest

SUPERMAN #710 by John Cassaday

TINY TITANS #39 by Art Baltazar

ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #3 by Leinil Francis Yu

UNCANNY X-MEN #535 by Terry Dodson

VENOM #2 by Tony Moore

WEIRD WORLDS #4 by Eric Powell

WITCHFINDER: LOST AND GONE FOREVER by Mike Mignola

ZATANNA #12 by Adam Hughes