Best Covers: Marvel Comics solicitations for October 2011

Lots of great covers in Marvel's solicitations for October 2011:


CASANOVA: AVARITIA #2 Cover by GABRIEL BÁ



X-MEN: SCHISM #5 Cover by ADAM KUBERT



S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 Cover by GERALD PAREL





FF #10 & #11 Covers by STEVE EPTING



SECRET AVENGERS #18 Cover by JOHN CASSADAY



CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 Cover by Steve McNiven



BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #524 Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA



AVENGERS #18 Marvel Comics 50th Anniversary Variant by RYAN MEINERDING




ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #3 Cover by KAARE ANDREWS



ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE #3 Cover by KAARE ANDREWS



ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #2 Cover by KAARE ANDREWS



NEW MUTANTS #32 Cover by JASON PEARSON

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Illustration roundup

The Invisible Man poster by Kevin Tong for Mondo.




Star Wars Knight Errant poster by Joe Quinones (I believe).




Wallpaper-sized still from Blur's Prey 2 trailer.




Nightcrawler by Bruno Santinho.




Fun beach party invitation. Via.

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I just thought you might enjoy this Fabio wallpaper

W+K is now scraping the bottom of the barrel to get attention for Old Spice, casting Fabio in a series of inane commercials. The real irony is that the commercials were probably never remotely as succesfuly as they were claimed to be - - they just happened to coincide with a coupon that was very useful to coupon ninjas.

Link roundup

1. "The highest-paid state employee in California last year, a prison surgeon who took home $777,423, has a history of mental illness, was fired once for alleged incompetence and has not been allowed to treat an inmate for six years because medical supervisors don't trust his clinical skills." Via.

2. At Laughing Squid: Pranksters Dump Paint on Berlin Intersection, Cars Create Street Art; The Soft City, A Bouncy Street Installation.

3. Tilt shift traffic jam wallpaper. Via.

Image roundup

Ministry of Magic access point.




Most popular names in Europe for newborns.




Grains of sand - - one of the many terrific magnified photographs by Gary Greenberg that are available as prints. Via.




"Easter eggs" from The Dark Knight Rises poster. Via.



Image from The Anthology Project, I believe.




There's Waldo.




Rapture wallpaper.




Solar system.

The Dark Knight Rises wallpaper, poster

Teaser poster for The Dark Knight Rises, which I cropped into a widescreen wallpaper:



*Previously: Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.

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Batman: Arkham City - - Riddler trailer

The Riddler stars in the latest trailer for Batman: Arkham City. I cropped a few wallpaper-sized stills:






*Previously: Catwoman in Arkham City.

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Image roundup

Photo of a Rosy Maple Moth.



Cat, lightning, volcano wallpaper.



Faux virus wallpaper.



Cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji.



Darwin, Tesla, and an explosion of science.

Fortress

The Castle Himeji.

Image roundup

Sign for the Bat Cave (apparently 10 miles from Asheville, North Carolina).



Portal cosplay.



Photoshop sweded, available wallpaper sized at the link.



Luggage from Easter Island.



Dog.

Image roundup

Signature.



Zebra attack.



Friendly deer.



Warning: Objects in condoms may appear larger than they really are.



North by Northwest wallpaper.



Time travel cheat sheet wallpaper available as a print here.