Covid Chronicles #1

Assembled from true accounts on the front lines of the pandemic, Covid Chronicles #1 arrives from AWA Upshot in 2020 as a deeply human document of an extraordinary moment. Dalibor Talajić's cover lays out the emotional range immediately: masked healthcare workers striding forward with purpose, a solitary musician playing guitar on a balcony, a close-up of tearful eyes above a surgical mask, and two figures reaching toward each other beneath a warm amber sky — all anchored by a flag bearing the words "We Are In This Together." Writer Ethan Sacks and colorist Lee Loughridge bring those same textures to the interior, where the opening chapter centers on a nurse's experience in the ICU, rendered with the intimacy and care this subject demands.