Middlewest #13

Skottie Young and Jorge Corona's Middlewest reaches its thirteenth chapter with a cover that pulls the full ensemble into frame — a wide-eyed boy clutching an oversized glowing pink orb, flanked by a gruff older man in a baseball cap, a young companion in a yellow cloak, an elderly woman, a cunning fox, and a shadowy figure in a wide-brimmed hat, all set against stormy skies and a convoy of vintage trucks rolling through fields of strange pink blooms. Jorge Corona's artwork is rich with texture and mood, balancing the series' signature blend of rural Americana and fairy-tale unease. At $3.99 from Image, this 2019 issue makes a compelling case that Middlewest is one of the more quietly ambitious ongoing series of its era.