Jul 24, 2009 i took a little trip down memory lane, searching out all my favorite comic book covers over the years. One of the great things about the comic book industry is that there are so many comic book covers for us, as designers to look at. Both of these genres despite their overt differences share a number of tropes and narrative structures, and drifter effectively uses these commonalities to create a story that could arguably be described as the best of both worlds. By providing a great combination of superheroes and creativity, it is as if comic books have become their own literary genre. Here, then, are the 10 best gimmick covers ever released. This cover has a haunting feel to it and the complimentary colors really make this. Its a comic book, people, not the next shakespeare. The book is backed up by stellar artwork and has few downsides to the comic book. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. In 1994, matti eronen published the book, carl barks surviving comic book art, a study which listed those pages of original comic book art by carl barks which still survived.
Check out our superhero art custom prints and submit your photo for a free consultation. Weech in author news, fantasy, paranormal, supernatural july 15. Image comics ongoing series drifter is as beautiful as it is baffling. Detached cover comic book grading and restoration issues. Equally extensive were the numerous comic book scripts the prolific pearson wrote for a wide variety of publishers, including gold key, tower comics, king comics flash gordon, charlton, eclipse, gladstone and.
Writer ivan brandon wolverine, men of war and artist nic klein captain america, thor reunite to bring you a scifi ongoing series joining the dark revenge themes of unforgiven with the mindbending scifi universebuilding of dune. Out of the night drifter tp 01 by ivan brandon isbn. While the comic pages are chibi video game sprite style, i am trying to be different with the chapter covers. Low cover art by greg tocchini comic book artists, comic artist, comic books art. Drifter boasts cover by djurdjevic that fans will covet. The newest book over at image kick things off right with a pretty cool cover. One of the reasons that i chose a time frame instead of going for the best of all time is because the art of the covers, the methods of creating them, and the role that covers play has changed drastically over the history of the comic book industry. Ivan brandon and nic klein team for new image series drifter frank herbert, minions.
See more ideas about comics, comic books and cover. Every step pollux takes towards the truth brings him closer to the grave. These are slide shows featuring comic book covers from a variety of series and publishers. Comic book cover gallery pinups collection of covers created to sell a sexy, pinuporiented line of comic books. This is my list of the 100 best comic book covers from the period 1980present. At the comics factory our talented comic book artists put your face in a superhero work of art to make the most original gifts for superhero fans. Weve detailed the best of the best, but now we can see the downside of the success of those great covers. While an editor at charlton comics during the 1970s and early 1980s, pearson designed and colored over 200 comic book covers. It got to a point in the early 1990s when a comic book title not having a gimmick cover was seen as an insult towards that comic book. Jan 01, 2015 drifter is an intriguing blend of two very unique genres. Current issue special issues all issues manage subscription subscribe writers center.
A former major in the united states army military police corps, reacher roams the united states taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations. Sure, comic books are great for reading and entertainment, but they also serve another useful purpose art. And since ive got this blog and it needs content i thought id regale you all with my 100 favorite comic book covers of all time. A truly original scifi world wiredvolume 2 of the hit science fiction series continues. Drifter begins new arc this april bounding into comics comic art, comic. Drifter creators ivan brandon and nic klein on their gorgeous.
Sep 26, 2016 this, then, launched the era of comic book gimmick covers. Comic book shop comic books image comics drifter 2014. Writer ivan brandon wolverine, men of war and artist nic klein captain america, thor. Journals of a hero single issue comic books is the advertisement page in the back of my book. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on the issue number to the issue data. Jack reacher is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels, novellas and short stories by british author jim grant under the pen name lee child. Between the books two covers is a treasure chest of art developed by some of marvels finest artists from the golden to the modern age.
As time went by, the various comic book companies would compete against each other to see who could come up with the most innovative use of new technologies, like holograms and foil covers. Since the 1930s, comic book covers have given art a major boost. Apr 12, 2020 a collection of some of the best underwater comic book covers. In search of revenge or a way out, abram pollux crosses the grey line to the dark side of planet ouro, where humanity has no place. What the book does from here is anyones guess but the first issue at least establishes a good core cast and a decent mystery.
Aug 27, 2018 these are slide shows featuring comic book covers from a variety of series and publishers. Nov 03, 2014 the best comic book covers of november 2014. Writer ivan brandon wolverine, men of war and artist nic klein captain america, thor reunite to. Custom comic book art from your photo the comics factory. See more ideas about comics, image comics and comic art. The approaching 2nd edition and segments of bob drifter m. Unfollow comic book plastic covers to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Marvel nightcrawler lot of issues 1,2,3,4 with protective covers 1985 comic book. Published june 10th 2015 by image comics first published january 1st 2015. Manga cgc graded comics sale items comic supplies first appearances number 1s variant covers. Index status cover scan status 1198 covers for 715 issues available. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Comic book covers are often beautiful works of art.
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