Ex Machina #30

A weathered, bearded artist sits at an easel, brush in hand and palette balanced on his knee, carefully rendering a formal portrait of a sharp-suited young man — a quietly unsettling image that sets an intriguing tone for "Ex Cathedra Chapter One." Tony Harris's cover work is detailed and deliberate, pairing the old craftsman's worn features against the polished, composed subject on the canvas with real visual tension. Vaughan, Harris, Clark, and Mettler continue their Wildstorm run with issue #30, and this measured, painterly cover suggests the arc ahead has art, identity, and power very much on its mind.