Critters #7

Freddy Milton's cover for Critters #7 sets a wonderfully zany tone: a blue, big-nosed cartoon character swings dramatically on a rope while brandishing a paintbrush, leaving bold graffiti spelling "ÖRVA" across a wall. Down below, a group of bemused anthropomorphic duck characters looks on in apparent bewilderment. With Milton handling writing, art, inking, and lettering throughout, this 1987 Fantagraphics anthology issue promises a cohesive, energetic vision in "Who Is Örva?" — a story that's clearly as lively as its cover suggests.