COVERS OF THE WEEK: 8/15/12

I'm starting a new weekly Tuesday column called COVERS OF THE WEEK! It will be made up of: My Cover of the Week, 3 Honorable Mentions, and 1 Worst Cover of the Week! Now let's get to it!

PICK OF THE WEEK

BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCACH #1

by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo

Cover by Lee Bermejo 

This cover is just gorgeous. It's photo realistic, and detailed, while the shadows just make it jump off of the page. And it took me a long time to notice the Rorscach in the blot.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

BATWOMAN #12

by W. Haden Blackman and JH Williams

Cover by JH Williams

Props to JH Williams for being an awesome artist. The guy can draw, seriously. There is NO way anything he draws can be ugly. Even the barfing head in the cover looks amazing. The only reason it's not pick of the week is because Wonder Woman down there makes it a bit too muddled.

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #12

by Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort

Cover by Kenneth Rocafort

I love homages, and this cover feels like a homage to old sci-fi B movies here, or the original trilogy Star Wars posters. Plus, everyone looks absolutlely adorable here, even Arsenal (cough).

SAUCER COUNTRY #6

by Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly

Cover by Ryan Kelly

If this cover is trying to say "We're all screwed", mission accomplished.

WORST COVER OF THE WEEK

HULK #56

by Jeff Parker and Dale Eaglesham

Cover by Dale Eaglesham

This cover is generic. Muddled. And just plain weird. Why are those stones randomly levitating and why isn't anyone else? And why is that lizard thingy monster wearing headgear?