Chew #58

Two silhouetted figures hold hands and face a city skyline being consumed by a swirling vortex of fire — it's a quietly striking image that balances intimacy against impending catastrophe. Rob Guillory's cover work is confident and evocative, stripping away color from the foreground characters to make the fiery, churning sky above the skyscrapers feel all the more vivid and ominous. As John Layman and Guillory's beloved series approaches its conclusion in 2016, issue #58 radiates the bittersweet tension that has made Chew one of Image's most distinctive runs.