Hello, and welcome to another edition of Cover of The Week, where we take a look at this week's best covers to grace the comic book stands. This week, Ryan and me are also joined by... Ryan.I am of course talking about Ryan K. Lindsay one of our two recently added contributors, which we announced earlier this week. To keep confusion to a minimum, we'll be using their last names to differentiate them (just like in school). So, for the sake of clarity: Ryan (S) = Iowan Ryan, power ranking Ryan, while Ryan (L) = Australian Ryan, essay-appeared-in-Criminal Ryan. Do take notes, because there will be an exam later on! In the mean time, hit the jump to see our picks.
Ryan (S)'s Cover of the Week - Red Robin #9
Ryan (S): It takes a big cover to beat out my love for Chrissie Zullo's Cinderella covers and Marcus To pulled it off with this week's Red Robin. Not only is this a great take on the character in an instantly iconic layout, it is also one of the most detailed covers I've seen in years!
Ryan (L) & Matt's Cover of the Week - Ghost Riders: Heavens on Fire #6
Matt: I think the best part of this cover is the angle. It evokes the feeling that you are going up alongside with the Ghost Riders. Also, I do not believe I have seen any work from cover artist Christian Nauck before, but his art is reminiscent of Marko Djurdjevic, and in my book that is a good thing.
Ryan (L): I'm a sucker for a good set of painted flames. This looks like the old school Djurdjevic goodness on flamehead and I love Zadkiel as the focus. It's got retributive justice and wrath written all over the cover.
Runners-Up: The Question #37, Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #4, The Waking #1
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3 comments:
No love for Patrick Zircher's variant of Invincible Iron Man #23? Too posed? I could certainly understand that, but still thought it was awesome.
I do love Zircher's work overall, and it was a pretty cool cover, but the Ghost Rider just really grabbed me. I want to try and pick covers that I would almost buy the issue just for that art alone.
Djurdjevic is a great example of this. He's usually worth the price of admission alone. And I miss him so on Daredevil...
I'm a bit late here, but-
Sweet, thanks guys! :) Glad you liked the cover!
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