Public Domain #6

Chip Zdarsky's Public Domain reaches its sixth chapter with a cover that perfectly captures the series' central tension — a fully rendered, blue-armored superhero stands in sharp contrast to the rough pencil sketch of an older, bespectacled man looming behind him, as if the character and his creator exist simultaneously in an unfinished space. The visual metaphor is striking: one figure polished and complete, the other still taking shape, their fates seemingly intertwined. It's a thoughtful, quietly arresting image from a one-person creative team doing something genuinely distinctive at Image Comics.