How can you not want to read this issue of STRANGE ADVENTURES, thanks to it’s Gil Kane cover? It’s got aliens disguising themselves as anthropomorphic snowmen, complete with battered top hats and carrot noses, in order to conquer the world!
travisellisor: the cover to Action Comics #361 by Neal Adams
A vibrant Steve Rude painted cover to the crossover INCREDIBLE HULK VS SUPERMAN. It’s designed just about perfectly, with the yellow burst of the background both silhouetting the characters and marking the point of impact where Superman has shattered the Hulk’s massive boulder. The only thing I don’t like on this one is the font … Continue reading Great Covers – INCREDIBLE HULK VS SUPERMAN
A simple but memorable SHADOW cover by Graves Gladney.
Another minimalist Frank Miller cover for DAREDEVIL, this one using white space both to isolate the character and to make the size and impact of DD’s word balloon that much more pronounced.
A bold and famous cover, Frank Miller reduces everything to silhouettes for the final issue of BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, thus heightening the iconic power of the conflict between Superman and Batman depicted. This whole series was a trend-setter in terms of cover treatment–you didn’t see covers like this on comic books before this … Continue reading Great Covers – BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #4
A sharp NIGHTWING cover by J.G. Jones, where the color is an intrinsic element. Not only does it create depth by using the blues of Nightwing’s costume to isolate the foreground from the warm background colors, but the work on the orange morning sky and cityscape is especially well done.
My first experience with plagiarism came as a result of my devotion to THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. THE ELECTRIC COMPANY was the Children’s Television Workshop’s follow-up to Sesame Street, aimed at somewhat older kids in an attempt to teach reading skills and encourage reading. By the time I started watching it in the early 1970s, I … Continue reading THE ELECTRIC COMPANY
This is a pretty creepy cover for a romance comic. As usual, Neal Adams delivers the drama–even if the size relationship between the two figures is a little bit odd. An interesting choice to color this HEART THROBS cover in monochromatic magenta.
The Tom Brevoort Experience 