Public Domain #8

Chip Zdarsky's one-man-band series continues with issue eight, and the cover says it all: a teal-suited superhero with a yellow lightning-bolt chest emblem points straight at the reader, Uncle Sam–style, above the plea "I want YOU to make me relevant for a modern audience without sacrificing the core elements that make me work as a character." It's a wry, self-aware gag that captures everything Public Domain loves to poke at — the tension between preserving a hero's soul and keeping him alive in a changing industry. If you've been following this sharp, funny meditation on superhero ownership and legacy, "Chapter Eight: New Life" looks like a genuinely satisfying next step.