Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam and Other Stories #[nn]

Simon Hanselmann's psychedelic cover for this 2016 Fantagraphics collection sets the tone perfectly: a yellow-skinned, orange-haired figure sits alone in a swampy, debris-strewn landscape beneath a brick wall dripping with cascading neon paint in every color of the rainbow. The image is melancholy and surreal in equal measure, with scattered trash and murky water surrounding the solitary figure in her bra, quietly smoking amid the chaos. With Hanselmann handling every aspect of the art — pencils, inks, colors, and letters — this $19.99 volume feels like a fully realized artistic vision from start to finish.