ARIA: The Uses of Enchantment #2

The cover of this second chapter in the four-part Uses of Enchantment arc is a painterly tableau that commands attention — a bare-chested, antlered figure looms with quiet menace over a young woman who lies unconscious, draped in warm amber fabric and clutching a strand of orbs, beneath a twilight sky scattered with drifting autumn leaves. Jay Anacleto's cover pencils render the scene with a Pre-Raphaelite richness, balancing something genuinely unsettling against an almost dreamlike beauty. With Brian Holguin's script and Lan Medina's interiors, this 2003 Image series continues to weave its spell for readers drawn to dark fantasy with an elegant touch.