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Cover of The Week – 11/4/10

November 5, 2010 in art, artists, comics | 13 comments

Any other week, either of these covers could have handily beat everyone else I think…but since they’re up on the same week, they’re just going to have to share.

First up, Rafael Albuqurque’s incredibly iconic and interesting Superboy #1. Let me be clear…I have absolutely ZERO interest in Superboy.  ZERO.  I still bought this comics.  The color choices here, combined with composition and straight up beautiful figure work sell this SO HARD.  Nice job boys.

Also brilliant is Mike Allred’s awesome I, Zombie #7.  These covers have been a bit hit and miss for me, but when they are hits, they are home-freaking-runs.  This is AMAZING.

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Panel Of The Week – 10/27/10

November 2, 2010 in art, artists, comics, dark horse comics, DC Comics | 3 comments

How can it not be this fantastic hilarious panel by Jill Thompson in the Hellboy/Beasts Of Burden one shot.  Pug isn’t my favorite Beasts of Burden character usually, but between Dorkin and Thompson for this one-shot he’s moved WAY up the chain.  Adorable.

But I do want to give an honorable mention to this excellent, surprisingly complex Matt Camp panel from Supergirl Annual #2. But I think this panel is more powerful in context, so I’m going to tell you that what Supergirl is looking at/reacting to is being in a museum in the 30th century that is showing how she died.  It was surprisingly impactful, thanks both to Gates simple words and Camp’s wonderful art – the emotion in her face, even the positioning of her hands, I think he just nailed it.

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Lucy Knisley’s Wonder Women!

October 27, 2010 in art, artists, comics, lucy knisley, wonder woman | 3 comments

I just got in the mail today, my amazing Lucy Knisley Wonder Women print.  It’s gorgeous. I can’t wait to frame it and get it up.

Bathe in jealousy…

Of course, you could just buy one yourself. :)

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Panel Of The Week – 10/13/10

October 19, 2010 in batman!, comics, superheroes | 1 comment

Sometimes comics are just flat out pretty, like this gorgeous panel by Ryan Sook from Batman: The Return Of Bruce Wayne #5:

But it’s also great when they’re adorable and funny, like this one by Javier Pulido for Black Cat #4:

In fact, seeing Spider-Man and Black Cat together, as a non-regular Spidey reader I can only ask…why oh why are these two not together?  I mean I know she’s a bit of an anti-hero and they have drama about which side she’s on…but that’s like the built-in spice you need for any ongoing relationship in comics (or anything serial).  I suppose it could be because Felicia doesn’t want to constantly bring him bad luck?  Is that it?  That kind of makes sense, I guess.  But these two have great chemistry…it’s a shame they can’t work it out.  Especially on the heels of Spider-Man getting somewhat forcibly paired up with Carlie…which most fans seem to hate. Like I said, I don’t regularly read Spider-Man (although I like him immensely and if had less books I probably would) but I’m not sure why publishers would force a character on Spidey as his girlfriend when so many fans hate it when there are so many other appealing options still out there…you can’t cater to fans every whim of course, but they are your readers…sometimes it pays to listen to what they DO NOT WANT.  Anyway, for the record I would read the hell out of a Black Cat ongoing…especially if written by Jen Van Meter, this book was lots of fun.

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Cover Of The Week – 9/29/10

October 1, 2010 in batman!, comics, DC Comics | Permalink

Not that wildly impressed with the covers to anything I bought this week, but the cover to Batman Detective Comics is pretty sweet.  I like the nice balance of darks and lights, the stylized figures, off-center action/composition and the use of graffiti, which is surprisingly under used in comics as a visual device, all make a pretty nice looking picture.

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Panel Of The Week – 9/22/10

September 28, 2010 in comics, vertigo | 4 comments

Bit of a weak week in panels (at least for what I bought) but I liked this kind of badass but quiet panel from Fables #98 of the young (again) Frau Totenkinder matter of factly drinking her tea and making her plans to kill Mr. Dark.

All of this would be much more badass and interesting (and somewhat revolutionary for comics) if Totenkinder hadn’t made herself young again and she was still her awesome old self getting these things done, but it’s still some good stuff.  And thank the gods I have something good to say again about Fables which has been in a horrible lull for months as we waited for Rose Red to get over her depression (and getting over it was inevitable).  Note to Mr. Willingham:  Depression and mourning?  Not a page turner.

From Fables #98 by the always superior Mark Buckingham:

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Kitty Pryde

September 28, 2010 in art, artists, comics | 7 comments

And this was how I originally found the Baldus Wonder Woman from last week.  Originally I found this amazing Kitty Pryde illustration that I believe was for a benefit of some kind.  This image led me to Baldus’ website…and from there, all the other beautiful work he’s got up.

I never used to like Kitty Pryde, until Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men run when I totally fell for her – but it’s images like this that remind you what a great character – and what fantastic and unique powers she has (especially for the time in which she was created).  Go Kitty.

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Wonder Woman

September 24, 2010 in art, artists, comics, wonder woman | 3 comments

I meant to include this Wonder Woman drawing I stumbled across a while ago by Zachary Flagg Baldus in the “Wonder Woman Compilation” on my Superheroine Fashion post for She Has No Head! on Monday…but missed it.  So here it is on its own, and totally worthy of standing alone by the way.  Stunning.

Zachary Flagg Baldus' Wonder Woman, which totally deserved inclusion in the compilation. Love it!

Wonder Woman Compilation From The 9/20/20 She Has No Head! Click to Englarge.

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Cover Of The Week – 9/15/10

September 22, 2010 in art, artists, comics | 2 comments

So I’ve been working on an exciting two part post for She Has No Head! over the last month, and in the process it had me thinking a lot about comics covers – which is saying a lot as I already think about comic covers quite a bit thanks to my monthly Cover Solicits In Three Sentences Or Less posts.  But int the spirit of “Panel Of The Week” and trying to be more positive and find more things I love about comics (ah, why does only the hate come so easy!?) I’ve decided to do a best cover of the week as well.  I’m basing this, like Panel Of The Week, solely on comics I buy…so it’s entirely possible that there will be another better cover (even in my eyes) for the week…but if that book didn’t rate a buy I’m not going to consider it eligible.  This may be a bit unfair…but hey, I make the rules…and there are so few instances in which I get to say that in life…that I’m just going to revel in it.  :)

So welcome to our first ever, Cover Of The Week on 1979 Semi-Finalist.

And right off the bat I’m going to set a terrible precedent and give cover of the week to two covers…

MORNING GLORIES #2

Morning Glories has been selling out like crazy and I have to say…it deserves it.  It’s a pretty good book so far.  It’s smart and has some nice unexpected twists and turns.  The characters are kind of designed to be stereotypes, but then twist nicely and subvert some of those ideas.  Additionally, while I love some long slow drawn out deconstructed comics…this is moving at a breakneck pace (but not too fast that they’re screwing it up) and it’s kind of refreshing.  A TON has happened already and both issues have ended on fairly awesome cliffhangers.  It would be great if the interior art was better and more consistent, but it’s good enough to not get in the way.  Also, this cover rocks.

DV8: GODS & MONSTERS #6.

Ironically, though all of Fiona Staples covers for DV8: Gods & Monsters have been outstanding, this is probably my least (or second least) favorite of the bunch and yet it’s still awesome enough to get cover of the week.  Fiona has been doing an amazing job and this excellent graphic representation, which nicely reflects what’s going on in the book (and has the lovely white space I so crave) is a home run.

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She Has No Head! – Superhero Fashion Week Edition

September 20, 2010 in comics, comics should be good, CSBG, DC Comics, dean trippe, lists, marvel comics, rogue, she has no head! | 6 comments

If ever there was a She Has No Head! to check out, this is it, filled with dozens of stunning images by dozens of great artists of superheroine fashion.  Check it out!

A very fashion forward Rogue by Nuno Alves for Project Rooftop

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