Stray Bullets: Killers #6

David Lapham's Stray Bullets: Killers continues its unflinching run with issue #6, subtitled "99 Percent." The cover — pencilled and inked by Lapham himself — sets an unsettling tone: a tiny pirate ship flying a skull-and-crossbones flag rests in an open palm while a knife blade presses menacingly against it, blood spatter dotting the vivid red background. It's a quietly threatening image that captures exactly the kind of small-world tension Lapham has made his signature throughout this 2014 series.