Comments on: The 25 best comic covers of 2008 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/ Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Coolest Comic Book Covers of All Time | cssWOW Showcase | Css Gallery | Css Awards | Design Inspiration Tutorials http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-58565 The Coolest Comic Book Covers of All Time | cssWOW Showcase | Css Gallery | Css Awards | Design Inspiration Tutorials Tue, 03 May 2011 05:07:20 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-58565 [...] Meathaus S.O.S. Tomer Hanuka [...] [...] Meathaus S.O.S. Tomer Hanuka [...]

]]> By: 50 best covers of 2010 Black Dynamite Yourself – Its in there! — Black Dynamite Yourself http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-49914 50 best covers of 2010 Black Dynamite Yourself – Its in there! — Black Dynamite Yourself Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:28:09 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-49914 [...] Chamberlain, Camilla D’Errico, Amy Reeder and Drew Weing. (You can peruse a prior years’ lists here and [...] [...] Chamberlain, Camilla D’Errico, Amy Reeder and Drew Weing. (You can peruse a prior years’ lists here and [...]

]]> By: “Posiblemente” los mejores diseños de cubiertas de libros, cómics, revistas y discos | ceslava - Diseño y Formación http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-22863 “Posiblemente” los mejores diseños de cubiertas de libros, cómics, revistas y discos | ceslava - Diseño y Formación Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:07:38 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-22863 [...] En Robot 6 Kevin Melrose hace una selección anual de las mejores cubiertas de cómics, del año 2009 han escogido las mejores 50, el doble de las publicadas en 2008  [...] [...] En Robot 6 Kevin Melrose hace una selección anual de las mejores cubiertas de cómics, del año 2009 han escogido las mejores 50, el doble de las publicadas en 2008  [...]

]]> By: Trusty Henchmen » Transformers: All Hail Megatron Vol1 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5833 Trusty Henchmen » Transformers: All Hail Megatron Vol1 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:54:28 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-5833 [...] Image from here [...] [...] Image from here [...]

]]> By: The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: January 5, 2009 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-102 The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: January 5, 2009 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:38 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-102 [...] Comicbook Resources counts down The 25 Best Comic Covers of 2008. [...] [...] Comicbook Resources counts down The 25 Best Comic Covers of 2008. [...]

]]> By: ZEITGEIST / Kevin Melrose’s Best Covers For 2008 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-101 ZEITGEIST / Kevin Melrose’s Best Covers For 2008 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:54:23 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-101 [...] Kevin Melrose’s Best Covers For 2008 Kevin Melrose, who contributes to Robot 6 and is a longtime commentator on comics art design, has posted his choices for the best 25 covers from 2008. [...] [...] Kevin Melrose’s Best Covers For 2008 Kevin Melrose, who contributes to Robot 6 and is a longtime commentator on comics art design, has posted his choices for the best 25 covers from 2008. [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-01-04 | Nerdcore http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-82 links for 2009-01-04 | Nerdcore Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:30:34 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-82 [...] The 25 best comic covers of 2008 (tags: comics lists 2008) [...] [...] The 25 best comic covers of 2008 (tags: comics lists 2008) [...]

]]> By: Michael Mc http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Michael Mc Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:00:01 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-79 Re: the DMZ cover, there's no reason that the red finger isn't representing both ink AND blood: certainly the ink from recent elections in, particularly, Iraq and Afghanistan is one allusion. However, with "BLOOD IN THE GAME" right below the fist and the ink being red (vs. blue or purple or another deep color), it would be crazy to think that that wasn't another allusion. I wish a Northlanders cover made it on the list, as I was loving those every month (esp. <a href="http://heavyink.com/comic/5262-Northlanders-9" rel="nofollow">Issue 9</a>, but these are all great too. Re: the DMZ cover, there’s no reason that the red finger isn’t representing both ink AND blood: certainly the ink from recent elections in, particularly, Iraq and Afghanistan is one allusion. However, with “BLOOD IN THE GAME” right below the fist and the ink being red (vs. blue or purple or another deep color), it would be crazy to think that that wasn’t another allusion.

I wish a Northlanders cover made it on the list, as I was loving those every month (esp. Issue 9, but these are all great too.

]]> By: kozure http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-77 kozure Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:42:18 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-77 Good list but nothing by Ben Templesmith !?!? That's absurd. http://www.templesmith.com/ Good list but nothing by Ben Templesmith !?!? That’s absurd.

http://www.templesmith.com/

]]> By: Dave Campbell http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Dave Campbell Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:07:35 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-73 That Dave Johnson cover is a thing of frickin' beauty, that's what that is. Great list, Kevin. That Dave Johnson cover is a thing of frickin’ beauty, that’s what that is. Great list, Kevin.

]]> By: joshua hagler http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-72 joshua hagler Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:02:42 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-72 Kevin, Thank you so much for including The Boy Who Made Silence. I feel really lucky to be in that list, with so many of the covers working, in my opinion, so much better than mine. I was at APE I think it was, and the S.O.S. cover was enlarged as a booth graphic and in clear view from my booth. I kept looking at it all day, thinking, damn, now THAT is a nice cover. So subtle. Thanks again! Kevin,

Thank you so much for including The Boy Who Made Silence. I feel really lucky to be in that list, with so many of the covers working, in my opinion, so much better than mine. I was at APE I think it was, and the S.O.S. cover was enlarged as a booth graphic and in clear view from my booth. I kept looking at it all day, thinking, damn, now THAT is a nice cover. So subtle. Thanks again!

]]> By: Hsifeng http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Hsifeng Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:28:56 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-59 Kevin Melrose said: "Oh, good catch. You may be right." Thanks! :) When I read that issue of DMZ I remembered the ink-staining from coverage of elections in Afghanistan and Iraq and guessed the finger on the cover was election-in-a-war-zone imagery. Then when I did the Google image search I learned it's used in Bolivia, Cambodia, India, Iran, Kenya, Zimbabwe, etc. too so I realized it could simply be election imagery. Dingo said: "With the Y the Last Man cover, beyond the hope/hopelessness, when I first saw it I was thinking that it was going to be a cop out..." You're not the only one who guessed that. See http://www.bkv.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12406 for more. ;) Kevin Melrose said: “Oh, good catch. You may be right.”

Thanks! :)

When I read that issue of DMZ I remembered the ink-staining from coverage of elections in Afghanistan and Iraq and guessed the finger on the cover was election-in-a-war-zone imagery. Then when I did the Google image search I learned it’s used in Bolivia, Cambodia, India, Iran, Kenya, Zimbabwe, etc. too so I realized it could simply be election imagery.

Dingo said: “With the Y the Last Man cover, beyond the hope/hopelessness, when I first saw it I was thinking that it was going to be a cop out…”

You’re not the only one who guessed that. See http://www.bkv.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12406 for more. ;)

]]> By: Dingo http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Dingo Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:02:56 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-56 With the Y the Last Man cover, beyond the hope/hopelessness, when I first saw it I was thinking that it was going to be a cop out with him being crazy and the whole thing having been in his head. I thought the toy monkey was there to show where that element of his fantasy came from, the fact that he was stuck in the straight jacket implied to me that in his fantasy he was an escape artist, and the boy was there to show that there definitely were other males. With the Y the Last Man cover, beyond the hope/hopelessness, when I first saw it I was thinking that it was going to be a cop out with him being crazy and the whole thing having been in his head. I thought the toy monkey was there to show where that element of his fantasy came from, the fact that he was stuck in the straight jacket implied to me that in his fantasy he was an escape artist, and the boy was there to show that there definitely were other males.

]]> By: Kevin Melrose http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Kevin Melrose Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:02:38 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-55 Oh, good catch. You may be right. Oh, good catch. You may be right.

]]> By: Hsifeng http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Hsifeng Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:46:10 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-54 "For the covers of 'Blood in the Game,' DMZ’s recent election storyline, Brian Wood played with the repetition of familiar campaign visuals such as stars and political buttons, sometimes pairing them with more militant imagery, such as guns, masked operatives and a raised-fist salute. "He brings many of those elements together, and then distills them, for this, the concluding issue. The stars are still there, though here they’re much larger and fewer in number. Gone are the guns, and the city skylines, and the disguised figures. And here the clenched fist of solidarity, or defiance, is replaced by a finger dipped in blood and signaling 'No. 1.'" Interesting. I interpreted it as another familiar-in-some-countries election visual - a finger dipped in indelible ink and signaling "I voted," a la http://images.google.com/images?q=ink+finger+vote “For the covers of ‘Blood in the Game,’ DMZ’s recent election storyline, Brian Wood played with the repetition of familiar campaign visuals such as stars and political buttons, sometimes pairing them with more militant imagery, such as guns, masked operatives and a raised-fist salute.

“He brings many of those elements together, and then distills them, for this, the concluding issue. The stars are still there, though here they’re much larger and fewer in number. Gone are the guns, and the city skylines, and the disguised figures. And here the clenched fist of solidarity, or defiance, is replaced by a finger dipped in blood and signaling ‘No. 1.’”

Interesting. I interpreted it as another familiar-in-some-countries election visual – a finger dipped in indelible ink and signaling “I voted,” a la http://images.google.com/images?q=ink+finger+vote

]]> By: Alan Coil http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Alan Coil Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:24:39 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-46 Of the covers posted, I like Superman 680 the best. And I think the most artistic is The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard. Of the covers posted, I like Superman 680 the best.

And I think the most artistic is The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard.

]]> By: Michael http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Michael Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:32:06 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-40 The cover of Kramers Ergot 7 isn't that much of a mystery once you notice that all of the people on the cover are women. I'm fairly confident that Harkham's depicting a primitive utopia that has developed after the death of the world's male population. Maybe Sammy Harkham really liked Y the Last Man, I don't know. The cover of Kramers Ergot 7 isn’t that much of a mystery once you notice that all of the people on the cover are women. I’m fairly confident that Harkham’s depicting a primitive utopia that has developed after the death of the world’s male population. Maybe Sammy Harkham really liked Y the Last Man, I don’t know.

]]> By: Nick Marino http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Nick Marino Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:34:16 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-38 great list. good call on the Bachalo Spidey covers. personally, my favorite cover of 2008 had to be Mark Brooks' Avengers: The Initiative #19 with 3-D Man and his exploding goggles. great list. good call on the Bachalo Spidey covers. personally, my favorite cover of 2008 had to be Mark Brooks’ Avengers: The Initiative #19 with 3-D Man and his exploding goggles.

]]> By: A http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-32 A Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:10:20 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-32 I lurked on the old site but I just wanted to say that it was good to see you guys back again. :) I lurked on the old site but I just wanted to say that it was good to see you guys back again. :)

]]> By: Brian http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/the-25-best-comic-covers-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Brian Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:15:40 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=158#comment-27 It's good to see this group of bloggers again. You've been missed. Cheers, B It’s good to see this group of bloggers again. You’ve been missed.

Cheers,

B

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