American Virgin #17

Vertigo's American Virgin reaches its third chapter of the "Around the World" arc with this striking 2007 issue, written by Steven T. Seagle with interior art by Becky Cloonan. Celia Calle's cover art presents two mirror-image figures — the same dark-haired young man rendered back-to-back, cigarettes at their lips and the series title tattooed across their skin in bold lettering — while a delicate, ornate deity figure hovers between them in the background, quietly evoking the Bangkok setting. It's a visually layered design that balances duality and spirituality with a raw, slightly unsettling intimacy.