Comic Cover of the Week: There Will Be Blood

Happy New Comic Book Day! It's been a while, but "Comic Cover of the Week" is back.

The return of this weekly feature is a special one. Let's welcome artists Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend and their cover to Uncanny X-Men #16 featuring the mutant master of magnetism, Magneto.

Whenever Bachalo and Townsend are in the conversation, you know you're going to get some beautiful work. They certainly don't let us down here. There's a dark mood the artists want us to feel. Concealing Magneto's eyes captures that well. From there the limited color palette with the blood spatter is a neat design choice. This is an image worthy of a museum wall.

Comic Cover of the Week

Happy New Comic Book Day! There are some good books coming to us today. This includes the amazing Hawkeye #8 written by Matt Fraction and drawn by David Aja (yes, he's finally back). Another book I highly recommend is Journey Into Mystery #649 with words and pictures by Kathryn Immonen and Valerio Schiti, respectively. From Image Comics comes The Activity TPB Vol. 2 penned by Nathan Edmondson and pencilled by Mitch Gerads. It's one of my favorite books out. You should definitely check out the trades for some military/special ops action. Comeback #4 is the penultimate issue in an interesting sci-fi miniseries centered around time-travel. It's a collaboration between writer Ed Brisson and artist Michael Walsh.

And since we're on the topic of awesome books, here's another. It's the variant cover to Uncanny X-Men #2 by Frazier Irving.

Of course you have to start with how Irving has Cyclops' image in the hands of the people, particularly the center one. This just shows how much Cyclops means to the world. He's trying to save the mutant race. The two characters in front using their arms to hold up the "X" finish the piece off perfectly. That gesture became an instant classic the moment Cyclops first did.

Mutants are back, people. And they're here to stay.

Cover of the Week

Happy New Comic Day! I didn't make it to my shop today to pick up however many books I have waiting for me. But that's ok, I still got in some though. Of the many books coming out this week, one I'm looking forward to happens to be the book that takes home the cake today. And just so you know, yes, the cake is a lie. But the fellas on this cover won't care that much. I'm not sure how many Marvel books have taken the weekly crown, but here is Uncanny X-Men #11.

And yes, I know what happens when Greg Land's name is mentioned. But I'll be honest, I don't totally hate his work. The use of the pornstar faces, over and over, does get old. Here we have Colossus, with his new head-piece and all energized, facing off against Rulk in what is sure to be a nice super slugfest. I actually kinda like Rulk too and I'm not really a fan of the Hulk-family thing they have going.

Thanks for looking and keep it nerdy my friends.