Casanova #8

The cover of Casanova #8 presents a striking pop-art grid of twelve portrait panels — all variations on the same long-haired figure rendered in bold greens, yellows, and oranges — calling to mind a Warhol-esque meditation on identity and repetition. Matt Fraction and Fábio Moon's spy-fi series was already turning heads at Image in 2007, and this issue, titled "In Media Res," promises a story dropped straight into the action. At a remarkable $1.99, it's a stylishly packaged chapter in one of that year's most visually adventurous ongoing series.