Look, we all love comics, but man, I REALLY love comic book covers. I mean, without them, I never would have picked up my first comic in the first place
They are the eye-grabbing image that pulls our curiosity to the product. A great cover can make you buy a comic. Well, it use to be able to, at least for me. Sadly, covers now (overall) don't have the same power as when I was young. And that is not because I got older and lost the sense of pull they use to have over me. No, today's comic covers just lack that pull I use to sense. Today's covers, again, by in large, just don't grab me like they use to. I'm not sure why.
Though luckily it is not like it was a few years ago when covers were mostly just freaking poses. Ugh. "Look, it is a picture of Batman on top of a gargoyle". Big deal. That comic was not tickling that part of my brain that makes me wonder what is going on inside the pages. I may as well have been looking at a painting. Yes, it's nice, but not intriguing at all.
Covers are suppose to want to make me grab it, touch it, buy it!!!
Wanting to look at some covers of my past I found a nice feature on CBDB that I never used before. The Cover Gallery.
Check it out and find some sweet covers by some of your favorite artist!!
How about some classic Gil Kane Green Lantern? Be sure to check out more pages at the bottom!!
HERE - Look at that issue #61. Incredible work. Just makes ya want to say "WHAT? How did that happen? What did he do?"
Of course my all time fav George Perez has a nice gallery also (again, be sure to check out more pages by clicking the numbers below. All listed alphabetically)
HEREWell, heck, was gonna post more by the wife just text me and said her flight from Philly is leaving now, so I am off to pick her up at the airport !!! But be sure to check out some more on your own ... and let me know who they were !!!
LONG LIVE COMIC BOOK COVERS !!!!