Gideon Falls #2

The cover of this second issue presents something quietly unsettling — an aerial, almost satellite-view map of the small town of Gideon Falls, its patchwork fields and winding roads rendered in muted greens, browns, and grays by Andrea Sorrentino and Dave Stewart. That darkened, circular void near the town's center pulls the eye like a wound, hinting that something deeply wrong lurks within this seemingly ordinary rural landscape. Jeff Lemire's series is shaping up to be one of 2018's most atmospheric horror comics, and this bird's-eye perspective makes the town itself feel like the mystery.