Which of your favorite artists' is their best cover? 2 2

[buttock]

Surprised it took so long for a Simon and Kirby cover to appear... I love The Cap 7 that was just posted, but also like #6 just as much..

What a great thread... some great covers here that Iv'e never seen...

There were some great S+K Adventure covers and Boy Commando covers as well but I dont have any to post..

 

Yes there are!

 

Scan does not do that book justice!

 

I do need scanning lessons.

[comicnoir]

I'm posting my favourite Baker cover that hasn't been posted.

 

My explanation rests with the design. The girl's beautiful face and jutting figure- yes, but the mini story in the bg is perfect. It has a beginning, middle and end that makes sense, nothing is missing. It has the elements of the archetypal story of the female desire for recognition, fame and love. She achieves and loses it all in 6 panels. All done in an brilliance of economy.

 

[29dukedog]

I'm posting my favourite Baker cover that hasn't been posted.

 

My explanation rests with the design. The girl's beautiful face and jutting figure- yes, but the mini story in the bg is perfect. It has a beginning, middle and end that makes sense, nothing is missing. It has the elements of the archetypal story of the female desire for recognition, fame and love. She achieves and loses it all in 6 panels. All done in an brilliance of economy.

 

 

An unexpected choice for favorite Baker, but your reasoning is well thought out and your logic is sound.

 

[29dukedog]

Fav Al Williamson (with Frazetta assits.)

 

[Cat-Man_America]

As I've watched this thread develop all I could do was marvel at the great taste GA boardies have in cover art.

Bearing that in mind, I'll start off with a Marvel Mystery, and arguably the most prolific artist of the GA, the late, great Alex Schomburg.

 

This is an especially difficult choice as there are many of his covers I consider personal faves,

but tough call or not the Torch death-ray cover stands out as a powerful tribute to Schomburg's skill, imagination and dynamic style!

 

 

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[Cat-Man_America]

Next on my list of favorites is Reed Crandall's amazing perspective study from atop a bridge with pre-war saboteurs hurtling to their doom.

No one messes with Stormy Foster, ...even if he does wear short pants (and one of the saboteurs has apparently discovered he has big brass ones)!

Dizzying heights combined with anatomically precise figure rendering contribute to HIT #18 being a tour de force and one of the finest GA action covers...

 

[Cat-Man_America]

Next up is one of my favorite S&K Cap covers.

 

Skulls, knife wielding dwarves, and a talon-ted red-eyed painter capturing Bucky in more ways than one... what's not to like?

Other Kirby covers may be better rendered, but few that are more intense.

The flamboyant Black Talon appeals to my artistic side, and this puppy is still top dog in the CGC census...

 

 

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[Flex Mentallo]

Far and away my favorite LB Cole cover.

 

 

[Flex Mentallo]

So many great Frazetta covers but this one has always stood out for me.

 

[Flex Mentallo]

There is something macabre about these Matt Fox Chilling tales covers that sets them apart.I think this is the best of them.

 

[Flex Mentallo]

Favorite Quinlan cover by a mile.

 

 

Though I'm also very fond of this one.

 

[Straw-Man]

Jack Cole

 

 

oh, yeah!

[Straw-Man]

frazetta.

 

[Electron]

Favorite Quinlan cover by a mile.

 

 

 

[piper]

Maurice Whitman

 

 

Nice but I've always preferred 71.

Edited June 9, 2014 by piper

[Flex Mentallo]

Maurice Whitman

 

 

Nice but I've always preferred 71.

 

65,66,71,72 - and Man O'Mars. Very hard to separate.

 

Adam - could you post your little group of Spokanes here and I'll add my #65?

[Flex Mentallo]

Favorite Quinlan cover by a mile.

 

 

 

 

 

It's just about my favorite cover.

Edited June 9, 2014 by Flex Mentallo

[29dukedog]

frazetta.

 

 

For Frazetta, I was going to post my WSF 29... but that would've been too, too easy. After that, it would've been Famous Funnies 213. But that one's been posted several times, already.

 

My third choice would've been a much tougher call, but the above cover is a strong contender for third. Very dynamic composition. (Maybe this thread will naturally evolve into a "Second Favorite cover by artist", then "Third Favorite", etc.)

[BitterOldMan]

 

My favorite Joe Maneely cover. Not my scan, but I have a copy located in another house.

[Timely]

Favorite Charles Biro cover