Empty Zone #2

Jason Shawn Alexander's painted cover for Empty Zone #2 sets a deliberately moody tone — a shades-wearing figure leans against the hood of a car, cigarette in hand, radiating the kind of world-weary cool that defines noir at its best. Alexander's loose, painterly brushwork gives the image a raw, atmospheric quality that feels right at home alongside his work as the issue's writer and artist. If this cover is any indication, issue #2 is shaping up to be one of Image's more stylishly brooding reads of 2015.