Descender #20

Dustin Nguyen's delicate watercolor work is on full display in this penultimate chapter of "Orbital Mechanics," where a pale, red-haired woman clutching a large weapon stands protectively in front of a dark-haired boy with glowing red eyes, both framed by exposed wires and mechanical conduits overhead. The image carries a quiet, tense intimacy — two figures who clearly belong together navigating a world of cold machinery. Jeff Lemire and Nguyen's sci-fi series continues to balance emotional storytelling with a visual style unlike anything else on shelves in 2017.