Miniature Jesus #1

Ted McKeever's Miniature Jesus arrives from Image's Shadowline imprint with a cover that immediately signals this won't be a comfortable read — a hooded, skeletal figure looms tenderly over a battered, thorn-crowned man in a composition that evokes classical pietà imagery rendered in haunting sepia ink. Every line of McKeever's scratchy, expressive artwork crackles with spiritual unease, turning a timeworn religious tableau into something genuinely unsettling and strange. If the opener is any indication, this 2013 series is setting out to wrestle with faith and suffering in ways that are as visually striking as they are thought-provoking.