Bite Club #6

Frank Quitely's striking cover for this November 2004 Vertigo finale delivers a confidently posed woman in a bold black-and-white checkered dress, cigarette in hand, raising a champagne flute against a vivid red background — her cool demeanor saying everything and nothing at once. Arranged down the left side are six disembodied portrait heads, a haunting chorus of characters that hints at the sprawling, morally complicated cast within. Howard Chaykin, David Tischman, and David Hahn bring "Good Friday, Bloody Sunday" to a close in what promises to be a fittingly stylish sendoff for this mature-readers vampire crime saga.