Roachmill #8

Dark Horse's mature-readers series continues with this striking eighth issue, its stark black-and-white cover punctuated by vivid splashes of red blood as a figure wearing the series' signature "no roach" emblem fires a gun at close range during a desperate, violent struggle. The high-contrast, graphic design sensibility that Rich Hedden and Tom McWeeney bring to the cover art gives the whole thing a raw, noir-drenched energy that feels right at home in the grittier corner of 1989's independent comics scene. If you've been following Roachmill, this issue's cover alone signals the stakes are only getting higher.