Cover Contest Nov 11-17: CONFLICTED

[Scott Taylor]

Not personally a fan of Skottie Young's art, but I find this cover to be acceptable.

[MRP]

Never a fan of Mike Manley's stuff, but I really dug this cover and this series...



Marvel Universe #5 featuring the Monster Hunters

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[worstblogever]

Greg Land is Greg Land.

However, this is a nice homage to Rogue's many looks through the years.

[Shalla Bal]

This one requires we all work on the honor system. Like, it'll be hard to believe someone says "I don't like Alex Ross' work" and then posts the most gorgeous Ross cover we've ever seen and brings us all to tears. (I'm not saying it's impossible to dislike his work but, c'mon, play fair. Challenge yourself!)

LOL, well I truly can't stand his work. The baggy costumes, the immobile faces--when I read comics, and to quote Blanche DuBois, "I don't want realism, I want magic!"

I won't even pick a cover of his for this, because I just don't like them. I'll have to think of someone else...

[Conn Seanery]

LOL, well I truly can't stand his work. The baggy costumes, the immobile faces--when I read comics, and to quote Blanche DuBois, "I don't want realism, I want magic!"

I won't even pick a cover of his for this, because I just don't like them. I'll have to think of someone else...

Well yeah, if you genuinely don't like an artist's work and can't find even one cover they've done you like that's an easy pass. I've seen people mention Liefeld a bunch of times but the same deal applies; if he hasn't created any good covers (in the eye of the participant) then there's nothing of his to enter.

[CaptCleghorn]

I dislike Skottie Young's stuff. His baby covers haven't been that horrible to me but his God-awful Human Torch series from years ago still grates on me. But this cover is brilliant and meta. Fantastic Four 670 for the win!

[babyblob]

This was an easy choice for me. I love the Ultimate line but I hated the art in Ultimate team up. The issues where Spiderman teams with Doctor Strange.

Just hated it so much that it really killed the story. Edit - I did like this cover though because it had Doc Strange doing the finger thing that Peter does for his webs.

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[Stony]

For me it's a cross between Michael Avon Oeming and Guy Davis, both of whose styles never resonated with me.
However, even I have to admit this cover by Oeming is pretty impressive

[nx01a]

I can't think of a Liefeld cover that's actually good, so...
I've really hated Jon Bogdanove's art since the X-Factor issues of X-Tinction Agenda, and his issues of the Death & Return of Superman didn't fill me with any great hope of ever liking it.
This cover, however, fills me with nothing but mirth and elicits a dirty giggle. It's also a nice reinterpretation of a Shuster cover concept.

[Iron Maiden]

Add me to the list of Mike Allred haterz. I think if you were to take away the colorist's work (usually done by Laura Allred) it would look like pages from a coloring book from Walmart. Background detail is mostly absent or drab in his interior pages. But this is "OK"

[Rob Allen]

When I was actively collecting in the 70s, I knew Jerry Grandenetti's work only from the oddball books he did with Joe Simon in that era (Prez, Green Team, The Outsiders), which I really disliked. But Jerry's early work is quite good, like this war cover from 1952:

[Iron Maiden]

Just thought I'd add this to the thread. AFAIK, it was never a Rob Liefeld cover but was promo art for his Captain America series.

[icctrombone]

I respect Herb Trimpe but I never put him as one of the greats in the SA Marvel age. This cover was very nice.

[Jack Dracula]

I dislike much of the work of Carmine Infantino. Some of his earlier cover art is ok.
I do like this one.

[Ajax_X]

maybe this one is less "swirly" than others, Ben Templesmith