Go, Look: Time's Top 10 Magazine Covers of '09

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Merry Christmas!

To all our faithful Irregulars and anonymous passersby:
If I were a much richer and more generous man, I'd give each and every one of you a copy of each and every one of these books. But since I'm not, the covers will have to suffice.

Happy Holiday! See you next week!

My Favorite Comic Book Covers of 2009

Wolverine: First Class #19
Cover by Skottie Young
Strange Tales #1
Cover by Paul Pope















Punisher: Frank Castle Max #70
Cover by Dave Johnson
Punisher: Frank Castle Max #72
Cover by Dave Johnson















Detective Comics #854
Cover by J.H. Williams III
Detective Comics #855
Cover by J.H. Williams III
















Amazing Spider Man #578
Cover by John Romita Jr.
Justice Society of America: Black Adam & Isis
Cover by Alex Ross
















Amazing Spider Man #605
Cover by Mike Mayhew
Deadpool #11
Cover by Jason Pearson
















Lockjaw and the Pet Avenvers #2
Cover by Niko Henrichon
Runaways: Teenage Wasteland Vol. 2
Cover by Jo Chen
















Creepy #1
Cover by Eric Powell
Uptight #3
Cover by Jordan Crane
















If'n Oof
Cover by Brian Chippendale
Dark Reign: Sinister Spider Man #2
Cover by Chris Bachalo
















Lone Ranger and Tonto#2
Cover by John Cassaday
Looney Tunes #180
Cover by Scott Gross

See also: The Best Comics I Read in 2009

Cool Covers from Recent Releases

Bent Objects: The Secret Life of Everyday Things by Terry Border
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life by Todd Oldham














The Mighty Book of Boosh by Julian Barratt & Noel Fielding
I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita
















You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs
How to Be Inappropriate by Daniel Nester

The Minimalist Cover Art of Evan Gaffney

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding by Rebecca Mead
















Spent by Geoffrey Miller
Fangland by John Marks
















Twelve Fingers: Biography of an Anarchist by Jô Soares
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Gaffney's minimalist approach is apparent on his website, too. It's just one page -- no pictures, no links.

Go, Look: Cover Art Copycats

Or: 'Reusable Cover Art in Historical Novels -- A Gallery'
(Via.)

Cool Covers from Recent Comics Releases

X-Men Origins: Iceman #1
Cover by Phil Noto
DC Holiday Special 2009
Cover by Dustin Nguyen
















Nomad: Girl Without A World #3
Cover by Rafael Albuquerque
Batgirl #4
Cover by Phil Noto
















Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 #3
Cover by Adam Hughes
Looney Tunes #180
Cover by Scott Gross

Recommended Viewing:You Should Judge A Book By Its Cover

Pilfered with pride from We Sing Sin.

The Cover Art of Superstar Graphic Designer Rodrigo Corral

The name Rodrigo Corral may not fire off any synapses in your brain, but a quick look at some of his cover art will surely set your sense memory atwitter. Dude not only did the cover art compiled below, he's also responsible for the covers to James Frey's infamous A Million Little Pieces and Junot Diaz' Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. To see more of Corral's book covers, as well as some of his magazine work, click here. For a 5 question interview with Corral, click here.
















Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President by Justin A. Frank
















Him Her Him Again The End of Him by Patricia Marx
How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer by Debbie Millman
















Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
Here's How I See It, Here's How It Is by Heather Henson