From a publisher's point of view, this practice makes more sense. Getting an artist to provide 22 covers versus 22 interior pages could help sales on those books. Is this misleading to the fans? Should we just expect whenever we see a Finch or Campbell cover that they have absolutely nothing to do with the interior pages? It almost feels like false advertising. What happened to the days when the cover actually had something to do with what happens in the issue. These days it's often a beautiful but generic image of the character by a top artist.
I also wonder how the interior artist feels when the publisher goes with a higher profile artist for the cover. It's like saying their art is good enough for the interiors but not good enough for the cover. Let's consider Vengeance Of The Moon Knight. The art
I will admit it is cool seeing different artists give their interpretations of the characters. We often get some cool covers. But to make things worse, the high profile artists' covers sometimes end up being variant covers. That means you won't actually get to physically see the cover unless you visit your local comic shop and stare at it sitting behind the register or if you're willing to pay extra for it. Maybe I'm just old fashioned but I'd rather see the interior artist provide a cover that is associated with the issue. Let's see the top artist actually do comic books rather than just become known as cover artists.
What are your thoughts? Does it bother you when a great artist only does the interior art? Do you want to see these top artists doing actual comic pages instead of just covers? Would you rather see them do more characters on different covers instead?
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