Hard Time #11

From DC Focus's gritty prison drama, Hard Time #11 brings the tension to a boil with a brutal cover by Brian Hurtt — two heavily tattooed figures locked in a desperate, bloody struggle, rosary beads tangled in the chaos of their grip. The raw physicality of the image makes it immediately clear that life inside these walls is unrelenting and dangerous. Steve Gerber and Brian Hurtt's series continues to deliver one of 2005's most unflinching looks at incarceration, and "Cruxes" promises to keep that standard firmly in place.