Rumble #12 Cover

Energetic action pose!  The work on the rooftops is spectacular!  Get your roofing done before rainy season!  Especially when huge  monster types are falling from the sky above!

Those rooftops are probably due for a new lifetime architectural shingle (Thicker mat the better, amirite?), or perhaps a more contemporary 16" standing seam 29 gauge metal.

You actually beat me to a roof comment. I was going to work something in my description which wasn't ready, which further reinforces you are indeed the fastest in the land.

Also note the difference in the windows. The pair of windows on the far right appear to have the more current, grids between the glass (GBGs) in a flat profile. These are available in a standard width of 5/8" but can sometimes be ordered in wider widths, and with a colonial contoured profile to accomodate scale and proportion of the window. The window directly to the left and slightly above that initial pair on the right appears to be much older, due to the fact that the grilles/grids are in fact, authentic true divided lites (TDLs). You do not see a true divided light in new windows today, as window manufacturers are making simulated divided lites (SDLs) to replace them. SDLs allow the same look of the TDL, but allow the additon of Low E argon gas in between the glass panes for better insulation value. I assume there is much more draft coming through that unit.

Now that is as deep an analysis as I've seen on CAF --- the research you put into your OA purchases boggles the mind!  Perhaps you are a contractor?  My only brush with construction employment involved digging ditches and denailing boards in HS and early college (yet on that meager salary, I did managed to land some outstanding comics, books, and minor OA), so I never learned the fine points of windows (and even as a home owner, I'm still on the steepest part of the learning curve). 

What stands out most to me in the outstanding background of this super cover are the artfully crooked chimneys and the fact that the layers of buildings aren't parallel or at right angles to one other.  The variation in architectural styles and angles here is terrific!  Reminds me a bit of Mignola.  

I don't know if we can top Marcus though. His perspective on comic art, and knowledge of comics history is very, very deep. You are kind of close, my family business is a custom millwork/building supply store.

Ah, so you have a little industry experience! You know, I can teach you about these fine points of windows. There is still time :)

Completely agree on the chimneys and slanted buildings. It is interesting how important that bottom part of architecture is in establishing the rest of the cover.

Man Rumble is (was?) a great title and James Harren's art on it is spectacular. Congrats.

I completely agree, thanks Harry!

Great hero leap and I love seeing the alteration from the blue lines! His work on the backgrounds in Rumble is the best.

I could not agree more. I feel like the blue lines completely change his trajectory. Where if those arms are up, he is going to be crashing down, instead of him springing up and outward.

I always liked this cover exactly for the roofs!! congrats!

It sincerely was a selling point for me.

Massive!