Hungry Ghosts #1

A pale-blue supernatural woman in a floral kimono dominates this striking cover by Paul Pope, her red lips parted as she lifts noodles with chopsticks from a steaming bowl — while behind her, a cook works over open flames in what looks like a ramen stall. Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose team up for this four-issue Berger Books series where food and folklore collide, with interior art by Alberto Ponticelli bringing the kaidan tradition — Japanese ghost stories — into vivid, unsettling life. If you've ever wondered what happens when culinary obsession meets the supernatural, issue #1 is a genuinely intriguing place to start.