Roachmill #7

Dark Horse's mature-readers series Roachmill reaches its seventh issue with a cover that's as unsettling as it is visually inventive. Rich Hedden and Tom McWeeney render a vertiginous, high-angle scene in stark black, white, and red — a masked figure lies prone on what appears to be a bed or table, surrounded by an angular, fragmented environment, while overhead panels reveal bloody, sprawling figures and a second dark-clad character looms to the right. The deliberate use of spot color and the disorienting perspective make this 1989 entry a strong showcase for the creative team's sharp, noir-inflected sensibilities.