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Tag Archives: covers
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (15 May 2023)
Your reminder that comic book covers can be awesome, God Is Dead edition:
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (8 May 2023)
Your reminder that old-school romance comic-book covers can look awesome.
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 May 2023)
In this month’s reminders that comics can be awesome, we’re going back to spotlighting covers. Let’s start with a trio of representative covers from the 1990s which live up to that era’s reputation for violent, ultra-muscled men, highly sexualized women, … Continue reading
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Chapel, covers, Danny Miki, Deathblow, Donald Skinner, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Spawn, Todd McFarlane
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A dozen classic 2000 AD covers
Since this year’s weekly reminders that comics can be awesome have been focusing on splash pages, double spreads, and short sequences of interior artwork, it’s been a while since I’ve highlighted covers, which are actually one of my favorite features … Continue reading
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 December 2022)
This year’s final reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to Batman covers since the New 52 reboot, from the creepy painted photorealism of Alex Ross to the playfully surreal cartooning of Chris Burnham:
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (5 December 2022)
Yet another reminder that comic book covers with headshots can be awesome:
Posted in HEADSHOTS
Tagged Action Comics, Chip Kidd, covers, Dan Green, Dave McCaig, David Mack, Foolkiller, Frank Miller, Frank Quitely, Gasp!, Glenn Fabry, Hellblazer, Inhuman, J.J. Birch, Jeff Lemire, Jessica Jones, Joe Brozowski, John Totleben, Jonah Hex, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Marte Gracia, Pepe Larraz, Phil Noto, Sin City, Wonder Woman, X-Men
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (28 November 2022)
And here is another reminder that old copaganda comic book covers can be awesome, Headline Comics edition:
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Ben Oda, Bill Draut, covers, Headline Comics, Howard Ferguson, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Marvin Stein, noir
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 November 2022)
This week’s reminder that comic book covers can be awesome celebrates the incredible variety of tones and universes in Batman comics:
Posted in COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS
Tagged Alex Sinclair, Andy Kubert, Batman '66, Bob Smith, Brad Anderson, Cliff Chiang, covers, Dave Stewart, Dustin Nguyen, Frank Quitely, Gaspar Saladino, John Workman, Joshua Middleton, Laura Allred, Lee Loughridge, Michael Allred, Ramona Fradon, Rick Burchett, Scott Jeralds, Terry Beatty
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (14 November 2022)
Your reminder that old-school adventure covers can be awesome:
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Airboy, Alex Toth, Atom, covers, Dan Zolnerowich, Fight Comics, Frank Giacoia, Gaspar Saladino, George Evans, Ira Schnapp, Jack Abel, Jimmy Wakely, Joe Kubert, Lily Renée, Luis Dominguez, Marie Severin, Mike Sekowsky, Our Army at War, Piracy, Ray Fehrenbach, Spy-Hunters, The Spirit, Weird War Tales, Will Eisner, Zolne
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