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#WeCurate the kind of peek-a-boo that bites back.

Sweeney Boo brings a perfect little haunting to Dreadful III. Playful, cheeky, and just dangerous enough to make the shadows feel like they’re flirting. The cover leans into spooky-season mischief with a pinup silhouette, autumn motion, stitched-mask charm, and that knowing “Peek A Boo” reveal that feels equal parts trick, treat, and collector temptation.

From the Kickstarter campaign by Sveta Shubina, this is the kind of cover that understands the assignment: horror with style, pinup with personality, and a little wickedness left in the air after you look away.

Dreadful? Absolutely.
Boo? Obviously. by @eddb_bcm

2 months ago

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#WeCurate bad luck, slithering snakes, broken mirrors, and the kind of superstition collectors are lucky to find.

Ruttu’s Friday the 13th print leans fully into the gothic theater of the date. The image feels like a charm pulled from the shadows: cobwebs, candlelight, serpents, a throne-like chair, and a pinup figure staged with the confidence of someone who knows luck is less something you find and more something you summon.

The palette does the heavy lifting here. Pinks, violets, acid greens, and deep blacks create that late-night horror glow, while the composition keeps everything intimate and framed like a cursed keepsake. Released on the last Friday the 13th, this piece lands exactly where horror, glamour, and collector ritual meet.

Some pieces are lucky pulls.
Some pieces are warnings.
This one feels like both. by @eddb_bcm

2 months ago

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#WeCurate where the peach is sweet, but the Black Cat still has claws.

Black Cat #10 brings the full cover chase energy, with the Peach Momoko variant sitting front and center like the quiet centerpiece of the set. Momoko’s Felicia Hardy has that signature balance of elegance and danger. Soft watercolor texture, flowing movement, delicate floral framing, and a gaze that reminds you Black Cat is never just the thief in the room. She is the composition.

What makes this stack work is the contrast. One cover leans into classic comic momentum, another into pulp-style crime mystique, and Momoko’s variant pulls Felicia into something more painterly, graceful, and collectible. Different visual languages, same impossible charm.

Black Cat has always moved between heist, high fashion, and chaos with ease. This set captures all three. by @eddb_bcm

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#WeCurate every shade of blue, especially when it belongs to Vampirella.

This blue foil variant of Vengeance of Vampirella #1 hits with that early Harris Comics energy: bold, sharp, theatrical, and impossible to ignore. The cover by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti gives Vampirella a striking sense of motion and menace, balancing horror, beauty, and comic-book attitude in one electric image.

Quesada’s linework brings the figure forward with confidence and edge, while Palmiotti’s finishes give the piece its grit, shadow, and impact. The blue foil treatment only amplifies the composition, turning the cover into something colder, darker, and more dangerous. It is Vampirella filtered through midnight tones, bloodless blues, and horror-pinup magnetism.

A cover that does not just showcase Vampirella. It weaponizes her presence. by @eddb_bcm

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#WeCurate the girl next door, but Mary Jane Watson does not just live next door, she owns the whole block.

J. Scott Campbell puts MJ at the center of the city and lets everything orbit around her. The web swinging, the traffic, the bystanders, the architecture, Spider-Man is present, but the visual gravity belongs to Mary Jane. Campbell’s linework gives the cover that unmistakable mix of movement, charm, and style, turning a street level Spider-Man scene into a full character showcase.

This is MJ as icon: casual, magnetic, composed, and completely aware of the chaos around her. The cover works because it understands what makes Mary Jane Watson timeless, she is not just part of Peter Parker’s world, she is part of the mythology. by @eddb_bcm

2 months ago

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#WeCurate: Original Sin was never meant to look this Dreadful.

From the Kickstarter campaign, the Original Sin Collection brings together six covers featuring Rattle-Rose, Boo-Belle, and Jackie-Oh! through the hauntingly elegant artwork of Sveta Shubina.

Shubina’s work leans into horror pinup with precision: chained composition, skeletal glamour, pumpkin-headed mischief, masks, shadows, skulls, and foil finishes that make the entire set feel theatrical and collector-focused. Each cover has its own visual language, but together they create one cohesive mood: seductive, gothic, and beautifully Dreadful.

The sin is original.
The temptation is the art. by @eddb_bcm

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$#WeCurate the art behind the mask. Luana Vecchio turns Phantom of the Opera into a piece of gothic theater, where the horror does not just wait in the shadows, it bleeds through the stage. The composition captures Christine in a moment of fractured elegance, caught between beauty, fear, performance, and possession. The cracked mirror energy, blood-red curtain fall, pale lavender tones, pearls, roses, and candlelight all work together to create a cover that feels both classic Universal Monsters and distinctly modern. Vecchio’s artwork leans into the tragedy of the Phantom mythos, giving the image a haunting softness while still letting the dread take center stage. A beautiful horror cover. A tragic opera. A masked presence that never really leaves the room. by @eddb_bcm$

2 months ago

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#WeCurate the girl next door caught in Campbell’s web.

A stunning J. Scott Campbell MJ cover, signed in bold blue across the webbing, with all the charm, confidence, and clean figure work that makes his art instantly recognizable. The Amazing Spider-Man backdrop gives it that classic Marvel energy, while MJ’s pose, expression, and modern streetwear bring the full Campbell signature style forward.

This is one of those covers where the composition does the talking: crisp linework, warm color, webbed framing, and an unmistakable MJ presence. A beautiful signed piece for the collection and another reminder why Campbell remains one of the defining cover artists of the modern comic era. by @eddb_bcm

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#WeCurate a scarlet thirst for iconic linework, timeless glamour, and the kind of cover art that refuses to fade.

Dave Stevens understood the power of restraint, negative space, and pure visual command. This Vampirella: A Scarlet Thirst cover is all silhouette, attitude, and classic pinup precision — a masterclass in how one figure, one chalice, and one sharp composition can turn a white background into a gallery wall.

Vampirella has had countless memorable covers, but Stevens’ work sits in that rare space where comic art, pulp elegance, and collectible culture all meet. Scarlet, seductive, and unmistakably Stevens. by @eddb_bcm

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#WeCurate world-class artists, pulp danger, and tentacles with standards.

Dave Stevens understood how to make a cover stop time. This World of Wood Eclipse micro-series issue pulls from classic pulp composition: the trapped figure in the foreground, the skeletal warriors closing in, the central hero framed with tension, and those blue tentacles twisting through the scene like the page itself is reaching out.

What makes Stevens’ work land is the balance. The cover is provocative without losing control of the composition. Every line pushes the eye somewhere intentional. The expression, the anatomy, the creature design, the danger, the camp, the fantasy; it all works because Stevens knew how to make illustration feel cinematic before you even opened the book.

This is vintage comic art with a world-class hand behind it. Strange. Pulpy. Unmistakably collectible. by @eddb_bcm

2 months ago

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#WeCurate tall tales from sleepy woods, where legend rides high, witches hold court, and the myth feels too beautiful to stay buried.

Luana Vecchio’s artwork gives this cover its spell. The composition feels like a séance dressed as folklore: candlelight cutting through the shadows, the raven circling with intent, the horseman looming in the back like a ghost story waiting to be retold. The central figure pulls the entire piece forward with that signature Vecchio balance of beauty, danger, and atmosphere. It is soft, gothic, and commanding all at once.

Sleepy Hollow has always lived somewhere between history and nightmare. This cover turns that legend into something more seductive and ceremonial. A tall tale, yes. But one with teeth, fire, and witchcraft in the margins. by @eddb_bcm

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#WeCurate iconic imagery that does not just define a cover; it influences generations.

Planet Comics #1 carries the kind of visual language that helped define generations of comic art: bold pulp energy, sci-fi spectacle, bright yellow impact, rocket-age motion, and the unmistakable elegance of Dave Stevens’ cover work. The composition feels instantly classic; a blend of danger, glamour, and adventure that understands the power of the image before the first page is even turned.

This is cover art as influence. The kind of piece that reminds collectors why pinup, pulp, and sci-fi aesthetics continue to shape the hobby across eras. by @eddb_bcm

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