Jim Lee to illustrate Gears of War comic cover

What do you get when you take the Gen13's Farichild, A Dark Elf, and Gears?

This cover. And if you have read the comics, here is a tip: DO NOT.

I used to be a big Liam Sharp fan (Death's Head), but his artwork in the GOW comics is just awful. The story, if you can call it that, is pretty flimsy in the comic too. You swear it was written by someone who uses every action movie cliche that they know.

XBox 360 - Besides, unless she is the host, she is still getting fragged by a shotgun.

EDIT: have NOT read the comics. Whoops.

I'm incredibly curious as to why she's smoking a cigar.

It seems no one understands the realism behind the stereotypes and vices they portray so often (Wine is used by highclass, not snobs).

Allow me to clarify in this particular case.

Cigar-aficionados are considered to be of a higher class than general smokers, people that smoke said cigars will of course not inhale (no one inhales a Cigar), as well as follow the traditions and time-honed honors that are related to said Cigar. In addition Cigar-smokers due to the awful stigma that smokers and their cancer-sticks have placed on them, are generally much more respectful than most other people in attempts to try to clear up the stigma to a degree.

General Cigar-smokers (small minorities exist) may or may not follow these rules (or even know about them) and may not follow said respect ties either, they might even be idiots or drunks (Cigar-aficionados will not associate with drunks generally as being drunk is considered an insult, (they drink wine, no one in their right mind gets drunk off of wine) and thus is to be avoided) and as such may even engage a Cigar in an unacceptable manner.

However the issue remains, that stereotypes almost always depict Cigars and those who partake in them, in a wrong manner that is as far away from the truth as possible, (as this stupid image, which further increases the stigma, obviously confirms) and seriously needs to be stopped.

In addition the feasibility of smoking a cigar while shooting, or engaging in combat, or with heavy gear on is also illogical and improbable due to the lung and throat weight ratios as well as the mechanism's and actions that the mouth and throat must go through (which is offset and distorted or altered when carrying large amounts of equipment, or engaged in combat (and during this time unintentional and toxic inhalation could occur) or even simply moving (moving while smoking cigars is quite difficult if it exceeds what could be considered minor movement) and is thus displayed incorrectly in this image and although you may not consider it a big deal or care, it is one of the reasons stigma's continue to exist, because of subtle and subconscious thoughts upon seeing such images.

Don't get me wrong though, soldiers (Especially a large majority of the US Army, Marines, and Navy) quite often engage in smoking Cigars, but that is when there is no combat alerts, and they are in down-time, generally in a tent or building with their CO or comrades, or well-known Cigar-clubs, and are not equipped with anything more than fatigues.

Not the point. Just because that's is all your mind is capable of thinking of doesn't mean that you do it. Everyone knows that the girl in these kind of games is just their to make negative comments about the guys' manhood, be ogled at by them and be an anti-social bitch. So are you telling me that every woman who joins the army is like that? Or is it that meat heads who make games like Gears of War are just stereotypical bastards without a original thought in their head. I vote the latter.

She looks like she would smell and taste like salty garbage

Looks like a rip off of Shirow Masamune (or was it Shunya Yamashita?)...