Descender #3

Descender's "Tin Stars" arc continues with this haunting third chapter from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen. Nguyen's cover depicts a young boy and a small robot companion tumbling together against a pale, honeycomb-patterned background threaded with looping red lines — an image that feels simultaneously dreamlike and unsettling. The delicate watercolor aesthetic Nguyen brings to this 2015 Image series gives the whole scene a fragile, melancholy beauty that perfectly captures the book's emotional tone.