Nomen Omen #10

Jacopo Camagni's cover for Nomen Omen #10 presents a striking, tender moment: a broad-shouldered man in a gold-buttoned blue coat holds hands with a young woman whose hair shimmers in rainbow hues, her white gown luminous against a backdrop of floating soap bubbles and tall candles. The intimacy of the scene is undercut by the crowd of horned, masked, and monstrous figures pressing in from the shadows behind them, giving this apparent romance a deliciously unsettling edge. Marco B. Bucci and Camagni's Image Comics series continues to blend fairy-tale beauty with something far darker, and this 2020 issue promises no shortage of either.