Self Unalived Squad #7 (2021) Cover with Ambush Bug by Kevin Maguire

Bill and Chris will be battling it out to see who gets to use this in their top ten.

My casual observations on the Weekly Top 10.  The picks mostly come from Bill and Chris's watched galleries.  Can't really hold that against them, there is something like 1500 new pieces a week...that's got to be exhausting if they really went through them all.  Less than 100 people watch the show live and the picks can sometimes be after two hours when many watchers have tapped out.  It's just two guy's taste that percentage wise (if there's 15,000 active CAF members) nobody pays attention to.  The show and the picks are really just fun for very small core group I call CAF Social Club.  I like it when my piece is picked, but in the grand scheme, it means nothing.

You do understand that I'm being sarcastic, right?  Right?

This is beautifully composed.

I think I like the negative space version of Ambush Bug more than the final colour version. It adds to his apparent nonchalance. Great composition.

you did very well on this one buddy, so many ambush guys out there that dont do social media  its a damn cool piece

Sweet Maguire cover, top loader keeping that bad boy safe from the assortment of grease and sauce that surely grace that table. Suddenly I have a craving for Halal chicken. Your CAF monetization may be in jeopardy If you used the "real" title of the comic eh!? There must be some sort of Kevin Bacon math that makes Ambush Bug a Stingray adjacent character so you never know what inconsequential decisions will be made for art picks next week! 

This is a beautiful cover and ALL valid points to be picked!

Beautiful piece for the collection Marcus! And definitelty top 10 worthy! 

All things point to this being a definitive winner!

nice! iBTW..is he Neked?

Perhaps it's time to retire the weekly top picks and replace it with best Ambush Bug art of the week.  This cover would surely have a strong chance of being picked for that!

Great looking cover. 

Oops, I forgot to talk about this piece in my first comment.  Great dynamic Linework and Texture! The technical skill in the inking is the highlight of this piece. I love the strong character Expressions! Each monster has a unique personality conveyed through facial structure and body language. Awesome effective use of negative space! By leaving the central figure almost entirely white with minimal internal lines, Maguire uses negative space to draw the eye directly to the middle of the composition. Superb compositional framing! The monsters are arranged in a way that physically hems in the central figure. This "crowding" reinforces the story being told—a lone, calm individual surrounded by overwhelming, chaotic forces.

Damn it, man. You beat me to it!

This is just super cool. I love reading all the comments and analysis about why it is so good too. And a new show to watch. 

This is just super cool. I love reading all the comments and analysis about why it is so good too. And a new show to watch. 

Ambush Bug being ambushed?  Oh, the irony!

I usually don't like it when anyone other than Keith Giffen draw Mr. Schwab, here.

There are, of course, exceptions. And this is right at the top of the list.

Funtastic. Using Ambush as the source of light was such a great idea.

I use to own this! I'm glad you own it now. 

This is a GREAT Cover!  Everything is beautiful and subtle in many ways.  Ambush Bug telling the demons to wait while he finishes checking his phone and email messages.  The line work.  Beautiful.  Congrats, and I'm glad it's in a GREAT collectors hands!

And this SHOULD make the weekly top 10!

For a moment there, I actually thought DC had used the YouTube inspired title on an actual comic. Phew! Cool Maguire art, sure to be picked on Thursday!

Simply beautful and detailed inks, that don't detract from the central figure, with it's clean empty space drawing your eye as they all look at his almost glowing form. A stunner! 

Me bidding on an auction piece in the middle of a chaotic restaurant.

This is like me with my dogs when I'm on the phone. 

Another one that I absolutely love, Marcus... and I was going to comment on basically everything you said Chris was going to say...! lol  Wonderful composition and negative space (contrasting so well with the highly-textured demons), great humor (with Ambush Bug's uncharacteristicly unflappable cool as the pivot point).  Love it!  Congrats, Marcus!

I love the heavy detail around making the negative space within the center character really pop. Great details and expressions we expect out of Maguire!

This is a great piece of comic art!!

Ambush being monster bugged!

Great original art! 

A tribute to the late great Keith Giffen!

The BUG abides

What a great piece! Congrats!

awesome piece!

That central figure is perfection.