Negative Burn #10

Negative Burn #10 brings together an impressive roster of talent — Mark Bloodworth, G. Willow Wilson, Doug Wagner, and nearly twenty other contributors — in this 2007 anthology from Image/Desperado. Brian Stelfreeze's cover does the heavy lifting as a showcase piece: a woman seen from behind, a vivid dragon tattoo spanning her back, one hand raised against a swirl of deep purples and blues while the other holds a pistol at her side. It's a moody, confident image that sets an appropriately edgy tone for the eclectic short-form storytelling packed inside.