Cover Girl

by Andrew Cosby, Kevin Church, Rafael Albuquerque (Illustrator)

Experience the tongue-in-cheek action adventure sensation that Newsarama called "some of the wittiest comic dialog ...in a long time." He's Alex Martin, the down-on-his-luck actor whose star is rising thanks to a roadside rescue caught on tape. She's Rachel Dodd, the bodyguard assigned to keep him alive after several mysterious attempts on his life. Will Rachel be able to keep Alex alive long enough to get to the bottom of the attacks on the actor? Will Alex be able to keep his hair perfect the entire time? Andrew Cosby (Sci-Fi's Eureka, X Isle) and Kevin Church (Cthulhu Tales, What Were They Thinking?!?) team up with artists Mateus Santolouco, R.M. Yankovicz and others to tell the story of two people that are trying to stay alive now, if only to kill each other later. Collecting all five issues.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 2008

Reviews

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I could take it or leave it. COVER GIRL isn't bad, but I get the sense Andrew Cosby didn't tax his creative muscles with this one. I can literally think of dozens of novels, movies, and TV episodes based around a tough-as-nails bodyguard forced to babysit a pampered Hollywood celebrity, and COVER GIRL does nothing new with the concept apart from making the bodyguard unrealistically proportioned in the way only comic books and Japanese anime can. As a send-up of Hollywood, it is weak in the extreme...you'd be much better off watching Michael J. Fox and James Woods in THE HARD WAY.

[Kyne Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun breezy story. It reads like a 90’s buddy action movie. Nothing horrible but nothing great either. A fun simple read that doesn’t try to be anything other than a action comedy series that doesn’t push the envelope.

[Brendan Mckillip · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining comedy-action story. It plays on the buddy cop genre to an extent without doing much new other than make the pair a female bodyguard and a male actor. There is some pretty great dialogue, but overall the story and art are fairly average.

[Bill Coffin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Feels like an illustrated screenplay to a pilot for a show that was wisely never picked up. A good deal of the artwork and dialogue is...regrettable.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few parts were a little too far over the top, which is what kept this from getting a fourth star. It was very enjoyable, in the "goofy action movie told as a graphic novel" sense. It just didn't always seem convincing or believable.
A starving actor rescues a woman from a car crash, only to be hunted by her associates, and he has no idea why. His heroic act has gotten him a movie part, though, so his new bodyguard has to try to keep him alive and figure out why someone wants to kill him. Overall, what follows reads like a fairly good pitch for an action movie. A more believable villain, and it might even have sold.
Oddly, the only part of the story that was difficult to believe was the original triggering event. The car crash and the scene following it seemed too forced. Then, with the criminal mastermind overreacting, alternately wanting to kidnap or kill the person who MIGHT know something incriminating about him...nah, that just didn't work well.
The gunfights, car chases and other bits were fun. No sex, lots of violence with only modest gore, so it's about PG-13 equivalent.

[HeavyReader · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a fairly predictable action comic. Well, not entirely predictable as there was no kissing and no sex.

The main female character is ass kicking, but with huge boobs and a tiny waist. Could a woman built like that even walk, much less kick ass?

I read it in a bathtub full of hot water on Christmas Eve--quite decadent--but kind of like cotton candy for the brain.

[B.C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this. I loved that it was a self-contained and complete story. The art was good. The characters had good dialogue. I loved the banter the two main characters had. This book teased Hollywood and the celebrity culture.

This was surprisingly enjoyable.

[Kristen Harvey · Rating 5 out of 5]

An action-packed, funny book about an actor who may know too much and a female bodyguard that has to protect him.

[Mathew Carruthers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story - lots of action and a fair amount of humor. The illustration is solid throughout. Now I just need to find volume 2 so I can keep reading.

[Fraser Sherman · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars. Perfectly pleasant fluff about an aspiring actor and a bodyguard caught up in an international munitions conspiracy, but nothing I can't see on lots of TV series.

[Elengendro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pal gasto

[Crystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this one. I found it endearing and funny. Definately will be recommending it.