Here are the “rules“.
If you’d like to see the full DC June Cover Solicits head on over to CBR.
Hmm. The Eisner nominations are out and Drunk Cover Solicits have been snubbed, AGAIN. I cannot imagine why! 
A few trainwrecks, but some good/fun/pretty stuff this month. I feel like DC is really trying. They occasionally fail, but that’s to be expected of anyone. Yet again I am confronted with looking at a new way to make these solicits work cause it’s hard to be funny with these…DC (and especially Marvel) have raised their cover game enough that I really can’t justify poking fun at them. Next month’s July Solicits may be the last “traditional” version of these. But thanks for all the comments and encouragement you sent in! All appreciated and worth considering!
AMERICAN VAMPIRE: LONG ROAD 1. I actually don’t love the text on this, it seems a little lazy, but the illustration, composition, and limited use of color, is bang on, as per usual!
AME-COMI GIRLS 4. I continue to be terribly torn on this. Full of ladies, full of energy and fun, also pretty full of problematic hyper sexualized visuals. I haz sad.
ANIMAL MAN 21. Great composition and white space. I like the simplicity of the Buddy figure. Nice contrasts in general. Wait…is that a lion or a monkey/gorilla…I may be too drunk to tell the difference…? Shit.
AQUAMAN 21. Wow. This sucks. Doesn’t Aquaman have like…superstrength? Why can’t he crack through some ice that is thin enough for his hands to peek out of in two perfect little holes. Also…even if he’s in ice…there’s water in there right? Shouldn’t he be able to do something about that? I mean, I get the effect they’re going for, but the execution is just bad.
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