Maestros #1

Maestros #1 from Image Comics arrives in 2017 with a cover that immediately signals something wonderfully strange — a young man in a sharp suit lounges casually on a zebra-striped throne encircled by writhing, thorn-covered tentacles, champagne glass in hand, while a colossal cosmic sorcerer looms in the sky above him, a swirling galaxy where his head should be. Steve Skroce both writes and draws this fantasy series, with Dave Stewart's lush colors giving the scene a dreamlike warmth that balances the bizarre with the inviting. It's the kind of opening image that promises a world where magic, weirdness, and attitude are all in generous supply.