Dark Ride #2

A carousel has never looked quite so menacing — Dark Ride #2 from Image Comics sets its unsettling tone immediately with a cover showing a young man clutching a child and a demonic stuffed toy as they ride alongside a massive horned devil creature, a snarling black dog, and a crowd of lurching monsters on a blood-soaked merry-go-round. Andrei Bressan's linework crackles with energy, balancing genuine fun-house dread against the almost giddy smiles on the two human riders. With writing by Joshua Williamson and colors by Adriano Lucas bathing the scene in lurid carnival golds and deep purples, this issue promises a horror series that knows exactly how to make the familiar feel thrillingly wrong.