Junior Baker the Righteous Faker #4

Issue four of Image's Junior Baker the Righteous Faker delivers a striking cover from Ryan Quackenbush — a solitary costumed figure, clad in a star-emblazoned outfit, stands with quiet intensity against a striped background covered in colorful crayon doodles of stick figures, toys, and childhood scrawls. That contrast between the world-weary adult at the center and the innocent, playful artwork surrounding him sets a genuinely intriguing tone for wherever this 2023 series is headed. Joe Casey and Quackenbush continue to bring something refreshingly different to the Image lineup.