In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

Ross Campbell’s Scout Montana aka SHADOWEYES!

By Ross Campbell

SHADOWRESEARCH!  Via DeviantArt

By Ross Campbell

Via DeviantArt

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

In honor of Carol Danver’s debut as Captain Marvel in her own title today…CAPTAIN MARVEL (and a few Ms. Marvel’s for old times sake!) – make sure to pick up Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Captain Marvel #1 today!

By Jon Morris

via 5 Minute Marvels

By Hanie Mohd

via Project Rooftop

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

And for our 22nd day, I bring you 22 images of the generally delicious Emma Frost! Prepare your eyes for a whole lotta flesh…

By Bruce Timm

Via Comic-Images

By Frank Quitely

By Quitely for Marvel Comics

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In the past I’ve gone all out with celebrating…and by “all out” I mean doing a drawing (impressive, right?) but I’m so buried in Kickstarter and everything else, I just haven’t had time. So give you the GREATEST. IMAGE. EVER.

Oh, and an updated hit count: 1,326,656  

WOO!!!! Since last year we didn’t quite have 900,000 that means we got nearly 430k in hits over the past 12 months. Which is pretty good, especially since I’ve been so busy with other things. And considering that the hit count for our first year was a paltry 42k.

Thanks to all of you for keeping this blog nice and vibrant. Lots of potentially interesting things in the future…promise! 😉

Remember when it was just 300,000 we were so excited about?

Batdad by Andry Rajoelina

Via DeviantArt

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It’s Tuesday…you know what that means…NEW chapters for THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING.

You can download the new chapters here: The Girl Who Would Be King Chapters 17 & 18

Or just read below.

If you want the entire story thus far (over 70 pages!), head over to THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING page and download or read directly from the site.

When I wake up it’s morning, though early judging by the shafts of soft light spilling into the room through the grimy window.  I feel my jaw and find it healed to perfection. A hand gingerly feeling about my hip tells me it’s still a work in progress.  Sharon’s still passed out on the floorboards nearby.  I crawl over to her and take her pulse.  It’s strong and steady.

I stand up unevenly, broken and still healing, but able to walk.  Barely.  I’m not sure what to do about Sharon.  Hurting her has only made her more of a monster, but I don’t know if I know how to do anything but hurt.

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

Kitty Pryde!

I’ve really come around on Kitty. There was a time when I wasn’t a fan (at all) but ever since Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men I’ve been reading more and more Kitty and loving it. The latest of course being Brian Wood tackling her in Ultimate Comics X-Men. Good stuff!

By Meredith McClaren

Via my collection, but you can find Meredith here.

By Zachary Flagg Baldus

Via Zachary Baldus

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

In honor of The Walking Dead #100 (which was BRUTAL) we pay homage to the best character in the whole damn 100 issues and one of my favorite characters of all time…MICHONNE!

*Sorry this didn’t go up yesterday, kids. Between 52 Best Covers Since SDCC 2011 and Drunk Cover Solicits, I have been swamped.

Original and still the champ! By Tony Moore, from The Walking Dead #19:

By Tony Moore

By Agnes Garbowska

Commission via Agnes Garbowska Tumblr

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And when I say “the year” I mean since last year’s comic-con in San Diego.  That’s right, in honor of SDCC 2012, which I am, again, not able to attend I thought I’d do a list of my 52 favorite covers* since last year’s comic-con, so essentially July 2011 – July 2012.** Check out previous years as well – here and here.

I’m not going bore you with lengthy descriptions about what I respond to in each image, but if you frequent this blog with any regularity, the choices will not surprise you.  My tastes skew to specific things like anyone, and I reward covers that cater to those personal tastes.  For example, as a woman, I tend to be interested in covers with female characters and at the same time you’re unlikely to see many covers with a lot of objectification and hyper sexualization.  As an artist (but only sorta, and a crappy one at that) I tend to be a bit of a snob about what I think is a good or bad cover – good often involves highly graphic images, lots of great negative space, interesting/solid composition, single figures, white space, and good integration of text into the image.

Whenever possible I’ve included the full cover, with text etc., as I feel that’s part of the whole.  I made a few exceptions if the covers were saddled with particularly horrible “event banners” or some such, or if I didn’t have access to a high enough resolution image including the text.

I’m sure I missed a bunch of great covers anyway and, as always, I never feel great about the order, but I tried my best! I hope you’ll enjoy, even if they’re not the covers you would pick, it’s a beautiful line up of cover gorgeousness.

If you’re new to the blog and haven’t seen my “100 Best Comic Covers” list, you can check it out: here, here, here, and here.  As well as my “already second guessing myself” modified list here.

Next year SDCC, next year!***

* This includes only monthly saddle stapled North American comics since that is what I have access to and did not include graphic novels, trades, etc. 

**Because comics are generally dated a month or two after they are actually released, there’s a bit of a fudging of the numbers/eligibility. It makes for a bit of grey area around the eligibility dates, but I did the best I could.

***Be advised, I say this every year.  Although there is a SLIM chance I’ll be going to NYCC this year – thanks to THIS. :)

52. SECRET AVENGERS #18 – DAVID AJA

51. DAREDEVIL #11 – STEFFI SCHUTZEE (AAA VARIANT – AVENGERS ART APPRECIATION)

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

Elektra!

By Moebius

Via Arkhane Tumblr

By Bill Sienkiewicz

Classic and still THE CHAMP! – By Bill Sienkiewicz for Marvel Comics

By Bruce Timm

Via Marvel Wiki

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

KORRA!

I haven’t seen much of the new Korra series, but I know people are cuckoo for it – and it’s easy to see why. Great new female character of color on the scene? It’s far too rare.

By Faith Erin Hicks

Via Faith Erin Hicks

By Chocosweete

Via DeviantArt

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