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This isn't really about this month's magazine but it'd still about the magazine, also there might a thread like this already but I don't know of one. I was just wondering about your favorite magazine cover. Mine are the 2016 November/December one with the cats and the 2017 January one with the frost dragon. A funny thing is that when I got the January one I thought the people on the dragon's back were some sort of animal face, because the faces look like eyes and the one arm looks like a long nose. I couldn't figure out what kind of animal it was, then I FINALLY figured out that it was two people. So what were your favorite covers?
submitted by Squid, MI
(June 13, 2017 - 3:20 pm)
(June 13, 2017 - 3:20 pm)
I really like the September 2013 cover with the map of Cricket country. Probably my favorite cover so far in my 3 years of getting Cricket.
(June 14, 2017 - 7:02 pm)
Aw, man! How come my family's subscription ended in 2012 and I didn't get Cricket until 2015?
(June 16, 2017 - 1:54 pm)
Hiya! My favorite mag cover is the same - January 2017 cover. And also, the face. That part weirded me out until I discovered it was some guy's. Maybe elves???
~Foxy
P.S. Anyway, I didn't say something after those few sentences. Uh...anyway...
(June 18, 2017 - 5:31 pm)
I just now noticed the faces. XD You're absolutely right, it totally looks like an animal. XD
(September 10, 2017 - 9:12 am)
I like February 2017, with all the colorful swirls.
(June 25, 2017 - 1:09 pm)
I dont remember which one it was- i think it was November of 2014, but the one with the dragon
(June 27, 2017 - 1:40 pm)
Is there any way you could post a pic of the map of Cricket Country? I'd love to see that.
As for my favorites, I really liked March 2016 (I think it was) with Narcissus on the cover, and this month's. I've only been getting Cricket since Jan. 2016, so...
I would think that might be possible. I'll pass the request on to our webmaster and art director.
Admin
(July 2, 2017 - 8:48 pm)
Well, if it would be allowed, I have that issue, so I could post a picture of the cover...
Yes, it's allowed. If it's Cricket magazine you're talking about (or another magazine from Cricket Media).
Admin
(July 5, 2017 - 6:58 pm)
Looks like it's time to dig through however many years of old Cricket mags I have. Buckle up, this is going to be long.
April 2006. That's the first one I have, and I still love that cover. I don't remember how much I read when I got it, but for years I thought it was just another boring magazine. When I picked it up all that time later and actually read it, I subscribed right away.
October 2012 is my next chronological favorite, the apple-picking scene with the girl standing on the horse's back, and March 2013 after that, with the girl who drew cats on the bridge in that garden.
And then May/June 2014, one of my favorite Cricket covers of all time. Those dragons... That girl, I love that girl and those beautiful dragons. It's just devastatingly gorgeous. Four elemental dragons gathered around a glowing girl who reaches out to the fifth, away from the others, blending into the background of sky and stars.
After that, there's September, October and November/December 2014, the telescope, the glowing eyes under the dock with the shouting, pointing boy and the man in the boat, and Fable Thatcher and Araceli/Lumine sitting on a rafter looking at the book.
Then comes another of my absolute favorites: February 2015, the one with Pippa and the Dragonfly. I love that picture and the others that go with it and the story, and I love the story, too. The immersive style of the artwork and the steampunk quality of both the cover and story are wonderful. It's one of the most memorable issues I have.
I like March, April and May/June 2015, too, the boy under the bare trees, the Greek or Greek-style vase, and the beach at sunset.
May/June 2016 had me drawing mandala-ish henna designs for weeks afterwards, the subject of the July/August was so peaceful and lovely, and that warm and wild golden-hour scene of the September issue was simply amazing. I adore the styles and colors of all three.
This year's January issue cover was enchanting, I agree. I love dragons, as you may or may not know, and that frost dragon was stunning. And those are my favorites.
(July 5, 2017 - 6:55 pm)
Hi!
I'm thrilled to see that a couple of my covers made the list. As the artist, I can tell you more about the people on the back of the January Frost Dragon. A friend of mine had taken a photo of his window with frost and some frozen drops of water that looked like faces looking out of fur parkas. I started thinking about using them in a frosty window image, and the Frost Dragon was born.
Ingrid
(September 2, 2017 - 10:03 pm)
Wait--You're the artist that did the Frost Dragon on the January 2017 cover? Posting here on the CB!? How is this happening? That is SO COOL.
(September 10, 2017 - 9:04 am)
My favorite so far was the July/August 2016. Those ibises or whatever they are are so pretty!
(September 8, 2017 - 3:42 pm)
I loved the January Frost Dragon, as well as the July/August 2015 cover picture with the dogs riding in the car. That one was really cute!
@Viola, I would love to see the one with the girl and the dragons! It sounds so cool! Any chance you could post a picture? I've only been getting Cricket for...hmmm...two, three years? I think it's been three years.
(September 10, 2017 - 9:09 am)
Oh, another mag cover I love was the July/August 2017 cover. The one with the watercolor turtle underwater. That one was just stunning! And then there was the...April 2017 I think it was? Or, no, was it May? The one with the fat horse. It wasn't my favorite, but it was cute.
(September 10, 2017 - 9:14 am)
I actually really like this one (sept. 2017), I don't know why. It's not a fancy or poetic one, I just... like it.
(September 11, 2017 - 6:39 pm)