Saga #28

Fiona Staples's cover for this 2015 chapter of Brian K. Vaughan's celebrated sci-fi series presents two figures tumbling through a vivid pink-and-blue space — a green-streaked young woman in a tan jacket reaching out with an alarmed expression, and a dark-haired figure in blue curled just below her, their hands nearly touching amid a flurry of white fragments. The disorienting, inverted composition creates an immediate sense of freefall and urgency that perfectly captures the emotional register Saga has made its signature. Chapter Twenty Eight is the series doing what it does best — making you genuinely anxious for characters you deeply care about.