A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LVIII:
2011 & 2012

This is the fifty-eighth installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present twenty selected covers by various artists from Red Sonja comic books published in 2011 & 2012.

1

  • title: Red Sonja: Deluge (2011)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Dan Brereton
  • writer: Dan Brereton
  • artist: Chris Bolson
  • issue: one-shot
  • release date: March, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Dan Brereton was the interior artist and drew the A cover to the Deluge one-shot. Chris Bolson drew the B variant.

2

  • title: Red Sonja: Revenge of the Gods (2011)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Daniel Sampere
  • issue: #5 of 5
  • cover: A cover
  • release date: July, 2011
  • commentary: Lucio Parrillo drew the covers for all five issues of Red Sonja: Revenge of the Gods. Other covers by Parrillo from this series have been featured in these galleries, including #1, #2 and #4.

3

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Patrick Berkenkotter
  • writer: Eric Trautmann
  • artist: Patrick Berkenkotter
  • issue: #55 of 80
  • release date: March, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: To our knowledge, Patrick Berkenkotter drew three Red Sonja covers. In addition to the one shown above, there is issue #40 from Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005) and #20 from Queen Sonja. Berkenkotter also drew the interior of this book.

4

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Walter Geovani
  • writer: Eric Trautmann
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #56 of 80
  • release date: May, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Periodically Red Sonja dons a chainmail shirt in lieu of her scale mail bikini top. Geovani continued to draw both interiors and covers for Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword in 2011 and 2012.

5

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Fabiano Neves
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Mel Rubi
  • issue: #15 of 35
  • release date: March, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: It is well known that comic book artists take artistic license with the female anatomy. Typically, the breasts are enlarged or the waist to hip ratio is exaggerated. Uniquely, Fabiano Neves focused his artistic freedom on Red Sonja's ribcage. He has routinely presented Red Sonja in an emaciated state with her skin clinging tightly to her ribcage. In this cover, the ribcage takes on an appearance that seems at odds with human anatomy.

6

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jonathan Lau
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Fritz Casas
  • issue: #22 of 35
  • release date: October, 2011
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: In this cover by Jonathan Lau, Red Sonja sports a scale mail skirt that is more voluminous than any other in memory. The tattooed elephant with skull earrings is a nice touch in the background.

7

  • title: Red Sonja: Atlantis Rises (2012)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Max Dunbar
  • issue: #3 of 4
  • release date: October, 2012
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Lucio Parrillo drew all four covers for Atlantis Rises. Issue #2 has been previousy featured in these galleries. As previously noted, Parrillo freely modifies the extent and, in this case, the material of the bottom half of Red Sonja's armor in order to tip the balance between her ferocity and sensuality.

8

  • title: Prophecy (2012)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Ron Marz
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #1 of 7
  • cover: A cover
  • release date: June, 2013
  • commentary: The Prophecy series brought together an unlikely group of heroes and villains, including Red Sonja, Vampirella, Kulan Gath, Dracula, Eva, Herbert West The Reanimator, Alan Quatermain, Athena, Dorian Gray, Purgatory, and Pantha. Paul Renaud drew the covers for all seven issues in the series. Other covers by Renaud from this series have been featured in these galleries, including #3, #6 and #7.

9

  • title: Red Sonja: Raven (2012)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Frank Martin Jr.
  • writer: Marc Mason
  • artist: Lui Antonio
  • issue: one-shot
  • release date: January, 2012
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Frank Martin Jr. drew the cover to the one-shot Raven. As far as we know, Martin drew three Red Sonja covers, including #28 of Queen Sonja and #35 of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005).

10

  • title: Witchblade & Red Sonja (2012)
  • publisher: Dynamite / Top Cow
  • cover artist: Cezar Razek
  • writer: Doug Wagner
  • artist: Cezar Razek
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: ComicsPro retailer exclusive variant w/ COA
  • release date: February, 2012
  • commentary: Cezar Razek was the interior artist for the Witchblade and Red Sonja cross-over. We have featured covers by Cezar Razek in galleries with themes including
    • 2011 & 2012: #10
    • Dynamite Miniseries: #23

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