Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird #1

The haunting cover by Greg Ruth sets the tone immediately — a pale, glowing-eyed young woman looms from a dark, mist-drenched palette, scattered points of light drifting across her like falling snow or ash, a blade at her hip suggesting she's no stranger to trouble. This is the opening chapter of Caitlín R. Kiernan's five-part series, with interior art by Daniel Warren Johnson and colors by Carlos Badilla bringing her signature voice to Dark Horse. Neil Gaiman's cover quote — "Kiernan is the poet and the bard of the wasted and the lost" — feels like a perfect invitation into whatever strange, atmospheric world awaits inside.