Truth be told I'm also pretty turned off by covers that feature a huge group of characters - all of them male. Instant turn offs for me are excessively male gaze focused posing, zippers that defy the laws of physics, female costumes that make no sense (especially when contrasted with a slew of practical male costumes), and overtly T&A-ish stuff with no contextual reason behind it. If you read my column (or the Drunk Cover Solicits that inspired this post) then you all know I'm pretty quickly turned off by sexist covers, which is not to say that I have anything against sexy covers. This one is probably the trickiest and perhaps the most "salt to taste" - we're all turned on or off by different things.
It should also be said that while I broke these covers up into groups based on what I was talking about, many of them could fit into multiple categories - they're just that cool. A few classics snuck their way in anyway. I focused on more recent stuff from the last few years, both because that's where my focus has been for the feature on 1979 Semi-Finalist and because while I there are obviously tons of gorgeous covers through the ages, I think we're going through a pretty great time for comic book covers. So here are 6 C's that make of the anatomy of a great cover for me - along with a slew of gorgeous examples. Thanks to a lot of drinking and looking at comic book covers over the last few years (in my Drunk Cover Solicits In Three Sentences or Less feature on my blog) I've thought a lot about comic covers over the last few years and what really makes me respond to something, or alternatively turns me off. We all have our own tastes when it comes to art and comic book covers are no exception. OR.The Six C's of a Badass Comic Book Cover!
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