Sheltered #7

Image Comics' pre-apocalyptic thriller reaches its seventh installment with a cover that crackles with dangerous energy — a shaven-headed young figure in glasses stands atop a mound of spent shell casings, brandishing a submachine gun while throwing a defiant hand gesture, spent rounds flying through the air against a blazing yellow sky. Johnnie Christmas's linework gives the scene a kinetic, almost chaotic charge, with dog tags swinging from the figure's neck adding a militaristic edge to the youthful bravado on display. Sheltered continues to make a compelling case that the most unsettling survivalist stories aren't about the end of the world — they're about the people preparing for it.