Proof #3

Part three of "Dirty Laundry" arrives with a cover that's hard to look away from — a snarling, wild-eyed figure in a torn white shirt strains against barbed wire, arms outstretched, rendered in Riley Rossmo's scratchy, visceral linework with washes of red bleeding across the pale background. The creative team of Alexander Grecian, Rossmo, and Tyler Jenkins keeps the mood exactly where Entertainment Weekly pegged it: moody, propulsive, and loaded with built-in thrills. Image's Proof was already building a devoted following in 2007, and this unsettling cover makes a strong case for why.