Comments on: Near Miss: White Tiger: A Hero’s Compulsion & Black Widow: Homecoming

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:33:23 +0000

100% agreed about misleading covers.

And props where props are due, Marvel has indeed been doing a good job on covers, and especially working design elements into it, and making the logos etc… everything work together.

By: comicsgirl

comicsgirl — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:03:34 +0000

In reply to Alex.

I can understand it to some extent — certainly attractive covers draw people in — but I do think too often, covers are misleading. Maybe I just have a different mindset, but I want the comic to have the same feel as the cover.

But I do think marketing/editorial comes into play. I’ve looked at a lot of the recent (past few months) Marvel covers vs. DC covers — and I’m not really going to read any of those books, but the Marvel covers are much more attractive and intriguing to me, even if the interior pages may not hold up.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:00:47 +0000

The disconnect between the cover art of some comics and the interior art always gets to me… who are they really targeting? Especially if someone who likes the cover art is bound to dislike the interiors at times, or vice versa… Good recent example the Longshot miniseries that just came out… I don’t feel that the cover is at all representative of the interiors.

Maybe a Marketing vs. Editorial disconnect?

By: comicsgirl

comicsgirl — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 23:00:04 +0000

It’s odd to me that they went with those covers for that series; the second one had more Sienkiewicz-ish covers (he only officially did two of those). I think it may have sold better had they done that with the first one.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:01:58 +0000

I did not read either of these when they came out, and it really seems that the White Tiger mini was victim to the sometimes slavish deference that both Marvel and DC show towards continuity. Definitely, is nice to see that Marvel, at least, has become less concerned with this of late — and accordingly we’ve gotten comics like Hawkeye.

As for the Black Widow one, definitely passed on it when it was first published. The solicits did not stand out at all, in part because of the covers. Funny the impact something like that can have. Might actually check it out now.