Punks Not Dead: London Calling #1

From Black Crown's reliably offbeat corner of the IDW universe comes Punks Not Dead: London Calling #1, kicking off a new chapter in 2019 with all the anarchic energy its title promises. Martin Simmonds' cover juxtaposes a freckled, leather-jacketed young redhead in the foreground against a looming, chain-adorned punk figure rendered in cool blue tones — both set against a cracked, graffiti-tagged Union Jack marked with an anarchy symbol. It's a striking visual tension between the ordinary and the otherworldly, and with David Barnett writing and Aditya Bidikar lettering, this series continues to look like one of the most stylistically distinct books on the shelf.