Comments on: The 50 best covers of 2009

By: Eilonvi

Eilonvi — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:39:29 +0000

l like your list!

By: noah

noah — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:19:07 +0000

They are all beatifull, every single one of them.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:29:20 +0000

re Animal Man, there’s no reason why the beetle would change: its “skeleton’ is on the outside, unlike the other animals.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:10:12 +0000

Rafael Grampa’s cover is the best!

By: B9000

B9000 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:10:58 +0000

Quibbles:

RE: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, the cover of Issue 58 . ” I love how the spotlights cast the enormous eyes of Spider-Man’s mask onto the billboard behind him.”

KM- What exactly are you seeing there? That’s not happening in the picture at all.

And much as I like the cover to”The Last Days of American Crime” #1, by Greg Tocchini, doesn’t it kind of look like the woman has the opposite feet attached to her legs? What is going on there? (She seems to have an arch instep on the outside (?) of her right foot, and the poorly executed detail of the loose wrinkled stocking end and her toes on the left foot just doesn’t look right.)

I don’t read the comic. Maybe she is supposed to have mutant reverse feet?

By: Kevin Melrose

Kevin Melrose — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:31:45 +0000

I somehow doubt my “Worst Covers List” would agree with you any more than this one does.

By: Mike J.

Mike J. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:57:46 +0000

Fiona Staples’ cover for the finale of the Wildstorm horror pulls out all of the Lovecraftian stops, from the clutching tentacles to the pentagram sparkling in mid-air to, best of all, the reflection of the monster’s eye in the pool of blood. As I noted previously, the gun’s empty cylinder may be a little suspect, but it helps to underscore the futility of the sheriff’s situation.

It’s almost like you know it’s bad! Why? Why list this when your list covers all of 2009. All of 2009? Really?

By: Mike J.

Mike J. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:52:29 +0000

Ha! Your list is very funny. So many bad covers. Can’t imagine what your “Worst Covers List” looks like. You should do one btw. Really. Do it. Please.

By: ntopics

ntopics — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:14:08 +0000

Love the dark x-men and transformers covers.

thanks from tony

By: Cisco Kid

Cisco Kid — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:58:19 +0000

I would love to see Jonah Hex get some love on a list like this. The cover to #50 is striking, even more so after reading the story inside

By: Truth

Truth — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:19:42 +0000

Thanks for showing off the fine covers and explaining why you liked them. I agree with many of your choices.

By: unbrokenrabbit

unbrokenrabbit — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:58:17 +0000

Fun list. And I completely agree with the other posters who have pointed out the great year that Skottie Young has had. My favorite cover of 2009 was the one he did for X-Babies #1.

By: rocky

rocky — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:40:15 +0000

what !! no Quasada….and what bout the greg capullo’s varient cover for image united 02.

By: KEVIN3D

KEVIN3D — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:20:19 +0000

How did none of the Green Lantern covers make the list? By far they were the most consistent.

By: colin.ynwa

colin.ynwa — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:53:40 +0000

And if Diamond could get their act together and sort out distribution on 2000ad in the states none of you, I mean none of you would have an excuse for not having read ‘Cradlegrave’ it was simply magnificent.

Having said that it wasn’t the best story in 2000ad this year even. If you don’t hunt down the Galaxies Greatest you really are missing out!

By: Kevin Melrose

Kevin Melrose — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:08:25 +0000

Pyramid: Skottie Young is on the list twice.

By: Kevin Melrose

Kevin Melrose — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:07:42 +0000

Ollywood: Joker was released in 2008; it made last year’s list.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:36:39 +0000

Nice collection you collect. “Batman” cover is good one but “The Amazing Spiderman” is my favorite.

By: Q: Are we not men?

Q: Are we not men? — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:32:24 +0000

The funniest part of that Yotsuba cover is that the cover under the dust jacket reveals the joke going on…

By: ghetto_journo

ghetto_journo — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:23:17 +0000

Batman and Robin #1, Phonogram: The Singles Club #4 and Wolverine #72 would be on my list for covers of the year.