When at the Comic-con in San Diego of '07 I had the pleasure of sitting in a room with some of the greatest comic artists in the industry. They were discussing what they believe makes a strong comic cover. On the panel were George Perez, Neal Adams, Adam Hughes, Basil Gogos, among others. Revealing an artist's secret to success, Adam had a creative way of making his covers stand out. "I would go to the local shop and walk in, and stand back from that week's rack by about 10 feet and look at all the comics on the shelf. Seeing all the colors and which comics stood out at me against the sea that didn't. I would then make note of the similar color schemes the other books were using. If everyone was using a blue theme, I would go home and paint a cover using bright oranges, yellows and pinks. The next month I would walk back in and see them using browns and cremes so I would go home and paint a cover in purples, blacks, and grays."
The audience applauded with laughter. Going against the current is another great technique for making your cover stand out. Which brings us to this week's challenge:
This week's target cover is going to focus on your favorite Adam Hughes.
He has so many!
He's won an Eisner for his covers! Which one to choose!?!
Be prepared to defend why yours is better than the others submitted. It's going to get ugly.
Enjoy!
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