Briar #2

The second chapter of BOOM! Studios' dark fairy-tale series plants its boots firmly in foreboding territory, with a cover by Germán García showing a golden-haired warrior woman in white armor fighting desperately alongside a pale, dark-cloaked companion who wields a sword against monstrous, grasping figures — all while a sinister hooded specter with glowing red eyes looms from the shadowy, vine-choked forest behind them. Christopher Cantwell's story, titled "The Witch Which Witches Not," promises the kind of twisted reimagining of familiar fable that keeps you turning pages. Germán García's expressive linework and Matheus Lopes's rich, moody colors make this one of 2022's most atmospheric fantasy comics.