Dec. 12

Surprise. A second Favorite Cover of the Week post. As you know, the Wednesday order at Comic World only included DC books. I got a call from Todd today saying that “the new phone books are here!” quoting The Jerk, of course. The remaining part of the missing order arrived and I went down to pick them up.

Because of that, I am going to do a second group of medalists with these books.

Bronze Medalist

The Exorcism at 1600 Penn #2

Cover art by Vanesa Del Ray

Looks creepy as can be as a Presidential family portrait has a special shadowy hand crawls across the top of the pic, near George Washington. This has been such a successful book when it comes to cover art.

Silver Medalist

All-New Venom #1

Cover art by Iban Coello 

You can never go wrong with some golden foil. The brand new Venom gets the special cover treatment with this lovely gold foil. Even his webbing looks to be golden too. Too bad the gold foil only got the silver medal.

Gold Medalist

The Art of Something is Killing the Children Companion

Cover art by Werther Dell’Edera

Is it ironic or expected that a book of art from Something is Killing the Children gets the gold medal for its cover? Either way, this is a sensational cover featuring Erica Slaughter coming out of the darkness. The art inside is beautiful too.

Week of November 25

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving tomorrow. Here are the holiday medalists this week. It was a lesser week than last week, but still I had several issues with great covers.

Bronze Medalist

West Coast Avengers #1

Cover art by Ben Harvey

The return of the West Coast Avengers features the new team including Iron Man, Spider Woman, War machine, Firestar and… Ultron? The great background shows the west coast life. It’s a lovely cover for a new, big-time team.

Silver Medalist

Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #4

Cover art by Michael Walsh

Another great cover from the Universal Monsters run. I love the green with the tannish background. This is a very striking cover that wraps up this enjoyable comic.

Gold Medalist

Hyde Street #2

Cover art by Ivan Reis & Danny Miki with Brad Anderson

The new horror book from the Ghost Machine imprint has a beautiful imagery with fire all around these characters from the book. There are some scary images inside that fiery cover as well if you look closely.

Week of November 9

Monster week! I got over 40 books this week and I had to pick out a bunch of potential medalists from this pile. I had to narrow down double digits of books to the three medal winners.

Bronze Medalist

Space Ghost #7

Cover art by Francesco Mattina

Dynamite’s Space Ghost series has had a ton of great covers. Of course, when you have 18 covers, your odds sort of increases. Of course, this is still a wonderful cover with Space Ghost kicking some butt.

Silver Medalist

The Immortal Thor #17

Cover Art by Alex Ross

EYG Hall of Famer Alex Ross is back in the medals. He has been one of the biggest cover artist of the year so far. The Grey Gargoyle fighting with Thor with some beautiful purple and pink colors exploding from the page.

Gold Medalist

Dead Eyes: The Empty Frames #3

Cover art by John McCrea

I love the design of the character and the background. Again, I do love some white in the background and then the Dutch angle of the background makes things even more uncomfortable with the scary looking Dead Eyes. Great cover.

Week of November 4

A very difficult week is brightened by a bunch of new comics. Unlike last week where the books were all of the independent variety, this week all medalists are from DC and Marvel.

Bronze Medalist

Absolute Superman #1

Rafa Sandoval & Ulises Arreola

The first of two DC books is the brand new Absolute Superman. The Absolute books have been good so far and this gives us an indication of the power and the capability of our new Kryptonian. Striding through the wheat fields of …Kansas? I think. Looks great.

Silver Medalist

Plastic Man No More #3

Cover art by Alex Lins & Marcelo Maiolo

The new Plastic Man series has won a medal for each issue, I believe. I love this one that makes me think of Doctor Strangelove with Plastic Man wrapped around the bomb. Of course, the bomb is more than just a bomb.

Gold Medalist

Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds #1

Cover art by Afua Richardson

The Marvel debut of the original character that appeared in What If…? season two is here and the cover is beautiful. Kahhori looks as she did in What If, but the background is lovely as she moves through the woods.

Week of October 14

So, I am a little later today because of parent/teacher conferences today, plus Agatha All Along episode six…and the Dodgers are on. So I am getting to this right now.

Bronze Medalist

Grim #20

Cover art by Flaviano

A creepy cover with that big scythe behind makes this cover stand out really well. The dark red and black work well together…as will the next cover.

Silver Medalist

The Department of Truth #26

Cover art by Martin Simmonds

What a great cover with the singer on the cover and the black and red coloring forming the familiar Xs in the background. This one stands out for fans of this book.

Gold Medalist

Christopher Chaos Halloween Special #1

Cover art David Talaski

The blue signifies Christopher Chaos, and the lightning and the electricity creates a cool image of Christopher Chaos charging up a jack o’ lantern. This is really an attractive cover.

The week of October 7

Good evening to all. It is time to award some medals! This week we have three separate companies in the places. I should throw out a honorable mention this week to Exceptional X-Men #2. I have a special soft spot for all-white backgrounds on covers and this book nearly tickled my heart enough to earn a medal. Just came up short though.

Bronze Medalist

Seance in the Asylum #1.

Cover art by Andrea Mutti.

A very eerie cover with the ghosts appearing behind someone at the table. The idea of the book had intrigued me and this cover is very striking, making me wonder what it was going to feature.

Silver Medalist

Geiger #7

Cover art by Gary Frank & Brad Anderson

Something about a three-eyed zebra that just makes a cover pop. I also love the color int he background. It makes this cover very attractive, it should make someone stop and take a closer look at the book, and isn’t that the main job of cover art?

Gold Medalist

Fantastic Four #26

Cover art by Joshua Cassara & Dean White

The Fantastic Four has had a very good year for comic covers, but this is the first time this year that they earned a medal without it being Alex Ross. The imagery of Reed and Johnny struggling to keep from drowning in a bunch of blood is an amazing visual and really solidified the gold medal this week.

Week of September 30

Welcome back to the EYG Favorite Comic Cover of the Week. It is a busy night (Agatha All Along is on!) and we’ll just jump into this.

Bronze Medalist

Daredevil #14

Cover art by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Richard Isanove

What a dramatic cover this was. The imagery of the DD mask being held up in the lightning storm with the rain coming down… excellent.

Silver Medalist

Plastic Man No More #2

Cover art by Alex Lins & Marcelo Maiolo

Plastic Man, trying to hold himself together, makes this an extremely attractive and intriguing cover.

Gold Medalist

Hyde Street #1

Cover art by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, and Brad Anderson

This is a cool looking new series from the Ghost Machine imprint from Image. The purple color of his face with the glowing green of the glasses just makes this stand out.

Week of September 23

It’s NEW COMIC BOOK DAY so it is time for the comic covers of the week!

Where as last week, I mentioned that I did not think it was the best week ever for cover art. There was nothing terrible, mind you, but nothing really knocked my socks off. Well, this week was significantly stronger as I had to choose from a possible list of seven books.

Here we go….

Bronze Medalist

Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Detective #1

Cover art by Dave Elsey

I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes and this cover gives us a new look at the iconic gentleman detective. The chair, the background, the newspaper. Everything is so interesting that it works for Sherlock.

Silver Medalist

Hello Darkness #3

Cover art by Paolo Rivera

Talk about a compelling cover. What could this possibly be showing? The lovely naked woman with the blood running down her arm and the title carefully covering anything inappropriate.

Gold Medalist

Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #2

Cover art by Mitsuhiro Arita

This actually came out last week, but I got the A cover. Todd insisted that this was a beautiful cover and he is 100% right. This is a beautiful piece of art and it deserves this spot on the list.

Week of September 2

It is NEW COMIC BOOK DAY so it is time to pick our medalists for this week. Last week we had no Marvel, but will the House of Ideas make its way back to this week’s medalists? Let’s see…

Bronze Medalist

Plastic Man No More #1

Cover art by Alex Lins & Marcelo Maiolo

I have always enjoyed Plastic Man, but this cover is a little unexpectedly frightening and that’s cool.

Silver Medalist

Spider-Boy #11

Cover art by Paco Medina & Edgar Delgado

This Spider-Boy cover is just a lot of fun. Just hanging out on the back of a school bus. While holding on to his Spider-Man lunch case. This works so well.

Gold Medalist

The Ultimates #4

Cover art by Dike Ruan & Neeraj Menon

A Doctor Doom mask with Fantastic Four mice. What a fascinating cover, plus I love the white background. White background is always a personal favorite.