Newburn #8

Chip Zdarsky and Jacob Phillips's noir crime series continues with this eighth installment, and the cover captures everything that makes Newburn so compelling: a hard-edged man in a dark suit and a sharp-eyed woman in a trenchcoat stand back-to-back against a striking wash of electric blue, both alert and clearly in the thick of something dangerous. Phillips's loose, painterly linework gives the figures a gritty, pulp-thriller energy that feels both timeless and thoroughly 2022. If you've been following this series, issue eight looks like exactly the right moment to stay invested.