Grommets #4

Brett Parson's cover for Grommets #4 captures the easy camaraderie of a tight-knit crew of teenage skaters crammed together in a wood-paneled living room — band tees, high-tops, scattered soda cans, and a stray skateboard rounding out the perfectly lived-in scene. There's a spiked-haired punk in the back, a girl clutching a bowl of popcorn at center, and enough curly hair and feathered blonde cuts to place this firmly in a specific era of suburban youth culture. Rick Remender, Brian Posehn, and Parson's seven-issue series continues to feel like a love letter to a certain kind of adolescence, and this fourth chapter looks every bit as warm and knowing as what came before.