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by **nietoperz** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:36 am

Your nominations are:

Blue Beetle #10

Before Watchmen: The Comedian #1

DC Universe Presents #10

Fables #118

Astonishing X-Men #51

Batwoman #10

by **covalesky** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:46 am

Blue Beetle #10

by **Arion** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:56 pm

Vote for the gay kiss !

You know you want to .

by **Drcharles** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:13 pm

Batwoman , these have been great covers snce this comic came out (no pun intended)

by **GLX** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:01 pm

Batwoman #10

by **Amoebas** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:33 pm

Ryan Sook's Vandal Savage cover is just superb!

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:54 pm

DC Universe Presents

by **Arion** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:20 pm

Support gay marriage. Vote for Northstar.

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:00 pm

Arion wrote:Support gay marriage. Vote for Northstar.

I would, except I don't think its all that great a cover actually. :smt102

by **Amoebas** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:22 pm

Stephen Day wrote:
I would, except I don't think its all that great a cover actually.

Compared to DC Presents or Batwoman - it's not even 'good', let alone 'great'.

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:37 pm

Amoebas wrote:Compared to DC Presents or Batwoman - it's not even 'good', let alone 'great'.

Well, I wouldn't go that far. I think it's a good cover, just not a great one.

by **IvCNuB4** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:17 am

It's "okay" at best. Looks like they just slapped it together in about 5 minutes. For such a big event they should've put more into it. And instead of just teasing the kiss actually show it, or else just go in another direction.

by **Arion** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:47 pm

Stephen Day wrote:
I would, except I don't think its all that great a cover actually.

What about the regular cover (which incidentally, I nominated)?

by **Stephen Day** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:05 pm

Arion wrote:
What about the regular cover (which incidentally, I nominated)?

It's a little better I think. The problem is though that neither really stands out as a cover per say. There really isn't something that would make them stand out from any other cover at my LCS and that's an important factor in judging whether a cover is good or not. They make it clear what is going on inside, and that's an important thing, a problem WAY too many covers have these days. I'm more than a little sick and tired of searching through my back issues trying to find a particular story and getting no help from the covers themselves at all.

Both of those covers need something and I'm not sure what, but it's more than just producing something that looks like it could be a panel inside the comics. Take this classic cover as an example:

It's not as complex as the Northstar wedding issue's cover, but there's something about it that seems like a better cover. It's simple, but the heart shaped spider symbol in behind Peter and Mary-Jane, combined with their poses seems to be more interesting than Northstar and his husband. I think in the end the problem with the two Astonishing X-Men covers is that they're too busy to be really good covers. There's just way too much going on in the background and it's a distraction from what should be the sole focal point of the cover. A good cover is simple, but still finds a way to get the point across in a dynamic way.