Sex Criminals #14

Subtitled "Ladies Please," this issue of Fraction and Zdarsky's acclaimed Image series presents a strikingly minimalist cover by Chip Zdarsky: two faces in profile — one wearing glasses, one with a star-shaped tattoo near the eye — lean toward each other against a warm, radiating backdrop of deep red and orange. The graphic simplicity is quietly arresting, with the negative space between the two figures doing as much storytelling as the figures themselves. If you've been following this series for its sharp wit and emotional honesty, issue #14 looks like a chapter that keeps delivering both.