Paper Girls #22

Cliff Chiang's cover for issue #22 centers on an elderly woman in profile, her white hair flowing long and her round glasses rendered in stark white against warm terracotta skin — a quietly striking portrait set against softly rippling bands of peach, lavender, and gold. Brian K. Vaughan and Chiang's time-bending series has always found its emotional core in questions of identity and aging, and this contemplative image feels like a natural expression of those themes. Matt Wilson's gradient palette gives the whole composition a dreamlike warmth that makes this one of the run's most visually serene covers.