Saga #5

Fiona Staples's cover for this 2015 Cross Cult edition of Saga: Fünf is a striking image — a figure in colorful clothing is nestled inside the gaping, tooth-lined maw of a massive creature rendered in vivid blues and golds, suggesting both danger and an oddly intimate shelter. The bold azure background and the creature's wasp-like patterning give the whole composition a surreal, fairy-tale quality that feels entirely at home in Brian K. Vaughan's sprawling space-fantasy world. A gorgeous collector's edition for German-language readers who want Staples's extraordinary art in a handsome collected format.