Time for a new weekly post taking a look at my favourite comic covers of the week.
Lets get stuck in shall we?
Fatale #2 Art by Sean Phillips:
This is one classy cover. Seriously. Embiggen (that IS a real word) the picture and take a good long look at it, drink it in.
The layout is bordering into Pulp novel cover or moody noir movie poster territory. It isn't a traditional attention grabbing, brightly coloured banner vying for your attention on the comic stands. This is a classy, mysterious dame looking at you from across the smokey bar room, looking away when you trying and make eye contact, silently smoking her cigarette.
Whats interesting about the male and female figures in the centre of the cover is the man looks worried, hands wringing together, looking out at us from the page as if appealling for help. The woman, on the other hand, looks dangerous. Sure she is draped around the man's torso delicately but look closer at her; she is clad in a black dress, has black nail polish and black hair, her black eyes slyly looking at us over her shoulder. She also has a gun. It sets the dynamic up perfectly, helpless man and deadly woman.
The rich colours used here add to the sense of danger and mystery; Blacks and dusky greys, shades of blue and the striking red lips of the woman. There is no mistaking the tone of this book.
Even the type-setting is classy, minimal use of text really elevates this book above the riff-raff on the shelves. Its clean and elegant.
Bam. The hooks are in. Don't be surprised if you find yoursekf reaching fr ths title based on it's look, it just means you are a classy guy/gal
BONUS ROUND!
My good friend and contributor to this blog Mark sent me this in the post:
Nothing screams guilty pleasure quite like this variant of the A M A Z I N G Prophet #21 by Rob Liefeld. I'm not gonna get into analysing it or anything like that, i'm just surprised that he still can't/won't draw feet after 25 years in the game! Still i love this variant and really hope he provides more covers for this series.
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