Gangland #4

Snow falls on a grim, heavily-armed figure in a long red overcoat and Soviet-style fur hat — twin submachine guns smoking in his hands, spent shell casings scattered at his feet, with what appears to be the silhouette of St. Basil's Cathedral looming in the blizzard behind him. Dave Gibbons' cover art for this September 1998 DC Vertigo anthology issue sets a cold-war crime atmosphere that feels both cinematic and genuinely unsettling. David Lloyd pulls quadruple duty inside — writing, penciling, inking, and coloring "The Big Snooze" — making this a rare single-creator showcase within Vertigo's mature-readers lineup.