Geeksville #5

The fifth issue of Image's Geeksville arrives with a cover by Rich Koslowski that's all moody atmosphere — a striking film-noir-style composition in deep red and black, presenting character Sky Branovan smoking a cigarette beneath a crescent moon, city buildings looming in the panels behind her, with wisps of smoke curling dramatically upward. The movie-poster framing, complete with credits listing Keith Pankowski, Jim Tamphear, and Allen George, gives the whole thing a wonderfully cinematic feel that sets this 2001 series apart from the superhero mainstream. If you've been sleeping on Geeksville, this evocative cover alone makes a compelling case for picking it up.