WIZARD MAGAZINE part 3

ANATOMY OF A COVER EDITION
WIZARD #89: The self-proclaimed "Best Issue Ever" of this magazine came out on January 1999 and it featured one of those covers in which Alex pays tribute to a classic, in this case it is the 1976 crossover issue titled Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man: The Battle of the Century and that says it all. The original was written by Gerry Conway and pencilled by Ross Andru. As you can see Alex captures exactly the same poses on the characters and of course, the same perspective on those buildings below. These covers look as if one is a comic book and the other is a movie in comparison, due to Alex's extreme attention to detail in fleshing out these characters.
This issue of Wizard, also features an interview with Alex Ross in which he gives a step by step explanation on what went on when he painted the Crisis on Infinite Earths cover we talked about on our Cover Gallery: 1998 post. I'll be posting this article soon.