Worst Marvel Cover this month?
Amazing Spider-Man #636, cover by Mike Fyles
I applaud the attempt to change up the trade dress of the cover design-- that logo, the cover blurb, the moved indica. All of that shows some creativity and willingness to change. But the art itself is rather dull, and maybe even unfinished. Obviously, I'm talking about the big formless head atop the figure to the right, which I almost take for being Power Man for some reason. Part of the problem is the logo interrupting the scene, which isn:t rendered so that there is a distinction between foreground and background. I actually thought the images behind the logo were meant to be a real part of the scene, until I figured out while analyzing it that it's actually a picture within a frame on the wall. If I have to regard it so deeply, than you may not have created the fully embracing kind of art needed for comic books. So I wonder if I can fault the painting (it's a painting within a painted cover!) as being out of proportion?
Runners up?
Fantastic Four Annual #32, cover by Brian Hitch (I've already discussed my problems with Hitch's problems of perspective and over-rendering)
and
Lady Deadpool #1, cover by Greg Land (exhibiting typical strange body types and perspective despite a good cover gag.)
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