Double Cross Arc Cover Sneak Preview!

Alex Woolfson

Thank you, James! I'm glad you like that! :)

Alex Woolfson

Thank you, Adam! And I'm glad you like what I'm trying to do here. Covers aren't essential, but I think having a good one uplevels the whole story a bit. And hopefully makes things more fun for the readers.

Alex Woolfson

Thank you, Julia!

James Wade

I love the noir vibes from the cover.

Adam Irving

A little late to the party on this, but I really like the above pencils. It's not overcrowded but conveys several key moments from the comic (and is not a bunch of floating heads). I really like that you're doing this - the covers - and that you both have been able to work together on pulling such great imagery from what we've already seen into one place. It's exciting!

JujYFru1T

aaah Mitch's expression just gets to me. I love the layout and the scenes you chose. Instant noir vibes looking at it, great job!!!

Alex Woolfson

I think you mean Mitch, Bill. :-) and he definitely looks like he has something on his mind!

Alex Woolfson

I like that element, too, Alaric. I think it lets the reader know there will be at least a little bit of drama in the midst of the romance, action, and mystery. :-) thank you for your kind words!

Alex Woolfson

Thank you, Goodyear! Glad you like how the frame and title font worked with the rest of the piece. And I can’t wait to show you the colored version. It’s really coming together beautifully!

Alex Woolfson

Thank you, QueBijoux! That’s just the effect I was hoping to achieve with it. :-)

Alex Woolfson

Yay, camelotcrusade! I’m really glad to hear you think so! :)

Alex Woolfson

Thank you, Kendall! It’s good to get your perspective on this. And I’m glad you think it’s in line with the other posters you’ve seen of this kind of genre. And we’re definitely trying to evoke a mood, and in particular let people know what kind of things to expect: some action, some romance, with a backdrop of film noir and mystery.

Alex Woolfson

Thank you so much, Jim! I’m really glad you like them!

Alex Woolfson

Thank you, Passthecass! That’s just the vibe we were going for! :)

Alex Woolfson

Howdy Nadin! Thank you for your very thoughtful comment. I’m definitely with you about not wanting to see spoilers. I’m the same way. I think with this cover there are certainly some fun things that are teased, but I don’t think there’s enough context for it to actually spoil any of the really good surprises. But I’ll think more about that. Also, I hear you about there being a lot of content on the page. But looking at the colors, I do think having it colored really helps bring the whole thing together in a cohesive way. But please let me know what you think when I post those up. Thanks, again!

william clapie

Had to look because somebody pointed it out, Corys face. He looks despondent?

I love the portrait of Flyboy in the center. Just the look on his face makes me wonder what caused it. Very effective cover overall!

Goodyear

Gorgeous layout for the cover! I love the film poster vibes it gives off and it definitely gives me some film noir vibes with that art deco frame/outline and font work on the title. Can't wait to see the colour version!

QueBijoux

Great choices! This is a beautiful cover, and achieves a very tantalizing effect. If I wasn't already familiar with the story, this would intrigue me enough to make me pick it up.

camelotcrusade

I love it! You really upped your game with this one! 👏

KendallPB

Very cool! The femme fatale and teen Spooky really bring out the noir part. The stained glass part says action; the church say mystery; the kiss says there's a bit o' romance; so overall, really cool. :-) Looking at old noir movie posters, they have anywhere from 1 to 5 clusters of people/scenes (usually just people). [ETA: What I mean is: this cover fits with the variations I've seen] Nothing here feels like a spoiler; you don't know what's going on in the pieces - they're just trying to evoke a mood, methinks. (I love the other covers, too, which of course I've seen before!)

Jim

All of these covers are awesomely awesome!

Passthecass

It's beautiful already! I love the old-school movie poster vibe it gives off

Nadin Brokop

To start off: I might really not be the best reference. I generally am a bit funny about spoilers. I don't mind teasers but more often then not nowadays the best parts are spoiled in "teasers" and when you actually get to enjoy the whole thing you're left with some kind of disappointment since basically you already know the most important stuff from the teaser, suspense is toned down bc you literally wait for a certain thing to happen or show up instead of beaing really surprised and such. And sadly the surprise never comes. That being said it's so much worse with movie trailers and adds! I honestly think this new cover is really nice in certain ways but then I feel like it's way overloaded. Too many things to really focus on anything in specific. For me it feels like a cover needs a point that's catching your attention while here you don't really know where to look first. It might change a lot with the coloured version though! But basically if I was a new reader I'd actually have no real idea on what I should expect here, it's just so much different stuff, no main focus and maybe depending on which of those many aspects caught my attention, I might be a bit dissappointed that the one thing that intrigued me was maybe just a small part of it all. But as I said I might have an unpopular opinion, I know loads of people want exactly this, being told a lot of content xD But still I thought I'd share my two cents :) That being said it's still an amazing cover and I'm looking forward to the coloured version!