Circuit-Breaker #5

The cover of this Image Comics series issue puts the contrast between its two art styles on full display — a pink-haired girl in a plaid skirt squares off against a massive, tentacled creature rendered in detailed, almost painterly linework, while she and the looming robot behind her are drawn in a bright, manga-inflected style. The visual clash is genuinely striking, with Kyle Baker's cover art making the showdown feel both playful and unsettling at once. McCarthy and Baker's Circuit-Breaker #5 is one of those comics that wears its creative ambition right on the cover.