Criminal #3

The third chapter of "Bad Weekend" arrives with a cover that sets an unmistakably grim mood — a bespectacled man in a dark suit freezes in a doorway, clearly shaken by the sight of a figure lying motionless on a bed, scattered papers and a spilled whiskey bottle on the floor below. Sean Phillips's cover art wrings maximum tension from the cramped, shadow-drenched room, all warm amber light giving way to something far more unsettling. Ed Brubaker and Phillips continue their 2019 crime series with exactly the kind of hard-boiled atmosphere that makes Criminal such a compelling read.