Grass Kings #5

Tyler Jenkins's luminous watercolor cover for Grass Kings #5 sets a quietly tense mood — three figures spread across an open field near a lakeside settlement, one in the foreground with long hair and hands in pockets, another standing watchfully at center, and a third gripping a rifle at the tree line. Matt Kindt and Jenkins continue to build this BOOM! Studios series with an atmosphere that feels more like rural literary fiction than conventional genre comics. If you've been following the series, this fifth installment's cover alone promises that the slow-burn tension between the community and the world outside its borders is very much alive.