Fables #130

Fables #130 brings a genuinely unsettling image from cover artist Joao Ruas: a small, wide-eyed child clutching a teddy bear stands surrounded by a pack of lean, predatory hounds — rendered in muted golds and sepias that give the whole scene the feeling of a half-remembered nightmare. The contrast between the girl's vulnerability and the circling animals creates an atmosphere of quiet dread that feels perfectly at home in Bill Willingham's world of fairy tales with teeth. With art by Barry Kitson and inks by Gary Erskine, this 2013 Vertigo installment — titled "Junebug" — promises the kind of dark wonder the series does so well.