tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post2515160969377326512..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: 1990's Ten Best CoversSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-72319748263890974112016-01-07T09:19:24.378-04:002016-01-07T09:19:24.378-04:00Well, like I said, I don't have a lot from 199...Well, like I said, I don't have a lot from 1990, just the Dark Knight Over Metropolis trade paperback.Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-1836191134698451172016-01-07T08:53:39.413-04:002016-01-07T08:53:39.413-04:00Superman dying of green K poisoning? Worthy.Superman dying of green K poisoning? Worthy.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-39190396406258414112016-01-07T08:28:18.510-04:002016-01-07T08:28:18.510-04:00Of the five issues from 1990 I actually have, Acti...Of the five issues from 1990 I actually have, Action Comics #653 probably stands out.Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56708786612186192912016-01-06T19:22:12.670-04:002016-01-06T19:22:12.670-04:00ALSO of interest, Dave Gibbons and Brendan McCarth...ALSO of interest, Dave Gibbons and Brendan McCarthy were ALSO Dredd artists back in the day...<br />The UK and 2000ad, being a mostly black and white magazine in the 80's produced some of the best line artists in existence, later, some of the best painters though I was phasing out of reading it by then. Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-89451406293283840142016-01-06T19:22:07.870-04:002016-01-06T19:22:07.870-04:00There are worst "secret origins"!There are worst "secret origins"!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-48071008880692623622016-01-06T19:18:09.246-04:002016-01-06T19:18:09.246-04:00And of course the Bolland cover became your headli...And of course the Bolland cover became your headline pic thing, suggests you liked it!<br /><br />Two of Bolland's early 80's Dredd stories were what REALLY cemented me into being a cartoonist. If you could convincingly copy a Bolland Dredd it amounted to some respect amongst the other comic cultured 11 year olds!<br />I still think those two dozen pages were his best work, considering the right balance of "attitude" and technical skill.Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-20601915540921788392016-01-06T17:55:04.368-04:002016-01-06T17:55:04.368-04:00These are all excellent choices... and not a Liefe...These are all excellent choices... and not a Liefeldian nightmare among them! <br />Some Howard Chakin could also be a good choice.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-74397834432209021292016-01-06T09:43:39.608-04:002016-01-06T09:43:39.608-04:00These are obviously personal choices, but I think ...These are obviously personal choices, but I think the Classic X-Men cover is well balanced, is fun, features an artist best known for DC work on a Marvel property, and stands in for very many Classic X-Men covers that were quite good. Reprint series don't usually make these kinds of lists because the stories weren't original, but they did have new covers, etc.<br /><br />Not that the covers are in any order, but there IS a reason I dropped it in last.<br /><br />The best Excalibur covers are indeed in the 80s. I've only gone through 1990-1991 at this point, and wanted to feature some of that Alan Davis goodness, but the covers just didn't rank across those two years. Similarly, while I loved the 5YL Legion, the covers just didn't make the cut. I also wanted to put some Hawkworld in there, but while the monthly's covers had a strong look across the first year, any one cover by itself felt flat and uninteresting. Not an easy exercise when you take it seriously.<br /><br />I did have a number of honorable mentions that might have slotted in just as well as the X-Men cover, or any other you might want to swap out.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13415243806590187962016-01-06T09:32:35.773-04:002016-01-06T09:32:35.773-04:00All good ones, but what makes the Classic X men co...All good ones, but what makes the Classic X men cover rank? It seems pretty normal to me.<br /><br />I recall Excalliber having some great covers, but don't have the time to check their 1990 output. Maybe the ones I recall were in the 80s.<br /><br />I also have a real fondness for the v4, 5 Years Later Legion.Kid Kyotonoreply@blogger.com