Kabuki Reflections #3

David Mack's watercolor cover for Kabuki: Reflections #3 is quietly breathtaking — a dark-haired young woman stands eyes closed, hands gently clasped at her chest, enveloped in a luminous wash of deep purples, blues, and warm earth tones that seem to bloom around her like a living dream. The painterly abstraction surrounding her figure gives the image a meditative, almost sacred quality that sets this 2000 Image series apart from nearly anything else on the shelves at the time. If you're drawn to comics that treat the page as fine art, this issue's cover alone makes a compelling case.