Chiaroscuro #6

Issue six of ten in DC Vertigo's 1995 mature-readers series, "Book Six: Beloved Objects" arrives with one of the most visually striking covers of the run — the serene face of the Mona Lisa tears apart like painted canvas to reveal a long-haired, cloaked figure thrusting a dagger skyward beneath her. The tension between Renaissance masterwork and raw human urgency, captured in Stephen John Phillips and Richard Bruning's moody photographic cover composition, perfectly embodies the series' fascination with the shadow side of Leonardo da Vinci's world. Writers David Rawson and Pat McGreal, with interior art by Chas Truog and Rafael Kayanan, continue what has been a boldly imaginative reimagining of one of history's most celebrated minds.