The Coolest Comic Book Covers of All Time?

Apparently the cover for Sweets #2 made it into a list of 'The Coolest Comic Book Covers of All Time' and I'm thrilled! The list includes many of my personal favorites, so I'm honored and a little humbled by it. However, I'm pretty sure that guy was bribed because there are some absolutely amazing covers that weren't included. I'd happily give up my spot to see more Bill Sienkiewicz, John Buscema, Frank Miller, Ashley Wood, and Mike Mignola in there (among others). Click image to enlarge.

Here's the article

Original artwork for sale!

Kody Chamberlain SWEETS original art is available for purchase, 11"x17" —Email kodychamberlainart@gmail.com for info.

Here's a peek:

I had a few follow up questions on this recently, so here's some more info:

First, original art means 'hand drawn' pages from the comic. I draw with ink at a larger size than the book, then I shrink it digitally. That's why they're bigger than the comic book.

Second question was if I still had covers, yes, I do still have all the covers, but I'll likely keep the first one for myself.

Thanks!

Cover art for SWEETS #5 !

Here you go! Click image to enlarge.

Cover!

Here's a look at the cover for issue #3 of SWEETS. Note, I did already show this on Facebook and Twitter last week, so everyone on those pages got a sneak peek last week.

Enjoy! (Click image to enlarge)

First two covers, side by side.

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SWEET ON DARK AND GRITTY CRIME

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SWEET ON DARK AND GRITTY CRIME
Newcomer Kody Chamberlain writes and draws SWEETS for Image Comics

Berkeley, CA - 22 April 2010 - Newcomer and Louisiana native Kody Chamberlain makes his Image Comics debut with SWEETS, a five-issue crime drama set in New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina strikes.

"New Orleans is a great town for crime comics. It's rich with culture, architecture and all the little details that rarely show through in comic books," says Chamberlain. "I've lived in South Louisiana all my life: I don't have to jump on Google to find tourist photos. The music is my music, and the slang is my slang. Hopefully, that shows through and makes the city come alive for the readers."

"Kody has one of the freshest perspectives I've seen in a while," says Image Publisher Eric Stephenson. "His artwork is fantastic, but he's a great writer as well, and SWEETS is going to be the book to read."

SWEETS: A spree killer terrorizes New Orleans days before Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. Detective Curt Delatte just buried his only daughter, and he's in no condition to work. But when the bodies pile up, Delatte masks his grief and joins the hunt through the bowels of the Big Easy. It won't be long until his city---and his evidence---gets washed away.

SWEETS #1, a full-color 32-page comic written and drawn by Kody Chamberlain, will be available for $2.99 and in stores on July 14, 2010. A special preview of SWEETS can be found in CHEW #11, in stores on June 9, 2010.

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of four major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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Issue #1 Cover

Here's a larger look at the cover for SWEETS #1, coming up in the next Previews catalog. Click to enlarge.

Issue #2 Cover Sketches

Cover sketches for issue 2 of SWEETS. Just wrapped up the inks, and I'm nearly done coloring. I'll upload a peek soon. Enjoy!

Help KICKSTART this project!

Cover sketches

I'm in the early stages of thinking about cover art. Nothing specific at this point, just playing with vague ideas pulled from the story and hints of things to come in that particular issue. I try not to overthink the brainstorm sketches, it's just getting ideas down on paper to eliminate bad ideas and flesh out the good ones. Here's a peek at a sketchbook spread where I'm playing around with the geometry of a man in a window. No idea where it's going but it's an image that came into my head while writing one of the scenes in issue one.