A Red Sonja Cover Gallery XXXV:
Renaud

This is the thirty-fifth installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present ten selected covers from various comic books, featuring Red Sonja as envisioned by artist Paul Renaud.

1

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Michael Avon Oeming
  • artists: Mel Rubi with Steve Sadowski
  • issue: #17 of 80
  • release date: December, 2006
  • cover: D variant
  • commentary: Paul Renaud has drawn covers for Red Sonja in various series including 10 issues of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005) as well as for all issues of Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods (2007) and Prophecy (2012) and one-shot Vacant Shell.

    Previous galleries of Red Sonja covers have featured several contributions from the artist Paul Renaud, including
    • Serpents: #4
    • Undead: #9
    • Kulan Gath: #10
    • Decapitation: #6
    • Sketches: #5
    • 2007: #5
    • 2008: #3
    • 2009 & 2010: #6
    • 2011 & 2012: #8
    • Dynamite Cross-overs: #11, #12 & #13
    • Red Sonja (2005): #7

2

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #40 of 80
  • release date: December, 2008
  • cover: C variant
  • commentary: Renaud's depictions of Red Sonja have remained relatively constant across series and years. He has a clear conception of her appearance, including her face and her armor. In Renaud's covers, Red Sonja is largely imperturbable, as in this contemplative portrait.

3

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #45 of 80
  • release date: June, 2009
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: At the head of an army, Red Sonja conveys a determination undiluted by an excess of emotion.

4

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Eric Trautmann
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #52 of 80
  • release date: October, 2010
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Neither a horde or treasure nor an approaching serpent prove sufficient to elicit from Red Sonja any response greater than a side-wise glance.

5

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Eric Trautmann
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #54 of 80
  • release date: January, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Faced with a squadron of spearmen bearing bloody weapons, Red Sonja merely raises her sword in preparation for the next strike.

6

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Eric Trautmann
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #56 of 80
  • release date: May, 2011
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: Even in the midst of battle, no maniacal blood frenzy can overcome Red Sonja's calm. Her movements possess a clear-headed and lethal precision.

7

  • title: Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods (2007)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Lui Antonio
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: October, 2007
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Renaud created covers for all four issues of Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods (2007). In the cover to the first issue, Red Sonja's mount rears, against a background of a mountain of skulls, while she waits with great axe in hand for the inevitable onslaught.

8

  • title: Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods (2007)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Lui Antonio
  • issue: #4 of 4
  • release date: December, 2007
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Red Sonja leaps through the coils of a gargantuan serpent. Her hand at its throat, she looks to hold it for a decapitating blow.

9

  • title: Red Sonja: Vacant Shell (2007)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Rick Remender
  • artist: Paul Renaud
  • issue: one-shot
  • release date: May, 2007
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Paul Renaud was the interior artist and a cover artist for the one-shot, Vacant Shell. The coloring and lighting in this cover showcase Red Sonja as a singular bright figure amidst a dull mass of gray-skinned foes, worthy of mention only as fodder that fell beneath her sword.

10

  • title: Prophecy (2012)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Ron Marz
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #3 of 7
  • cover: A cover
  • release date: August, 2013
  • commentary: Renaud drew the covers for all seven issues of the cross-over Prophecy series. This cover to the third issue showcases Red Sonja over a montage of the other Dynamite characters assembled for the story arc.

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