Head Lopper #8

The fourth and final chapter of "Head Lopper and the Crimson Tower" arrives with a cover that makes its stakes immediately clear: a fur-clad warrior brandishing a sword stands dwarfed beneath a colossal, ring-adorned fist crashing down through driving rain, a burst of light flaring at the point of impact. Andrew MacLean's linework is all kinetic angles and bold shapes, with Jordie Bellaire's cool purples and blues giving the scene a stormy, mythic atmosphere that perfectly suits this quarterly adventure comic's sword-and-sorcery sensibilities. If you've been following this arc, issue #8 promises a fittingly grand showdown to close things out.