2000 AD #1727

Prog 1727 of 2000 AD announces "Shakara: The Final Chapter" with a striking cover by Henry Flint that reimagines the Vitruvian Man as a battle-scarred mechanical figure — arms outstretched, body marked with alien circuitry and damage — set against a parchment-like field dense with cryptic script, geometric diagrams, and technical drawings. The design feels like a recovered artifact from some distant, war-torn future, blending Renaissance grandeur with hard sci-fi grit in a way that's genuinely arresting. Inside, Gordon Rennie, Cliff Robinson, Dylan Teague, and Annie Parkhouse continue their work on "Persistent Vegetative State Part Two," making this a solid 2011 entry in the long-running British anthology.