Redlands #6

The sixth chapter of Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa Del Rey's darkly atmospheric Redlands arrives wrapped in a cover that feels less like a comic book and more like a Dutch Golden Age vanitas painting gone very wrong. Del Rey renders a candlelit tableau of a decomposing animal carcass and skull, a glass of deep red wine, a cluster of grapes, ripe oranges, and an eerily clawed hand — every element arranged with the quiet menace of a feast you'd be wise to decline. It's a striking close to the series' first arc, and a reminder that this creative team brings genuine artistic ambition to every page.