Stray Bullets: Killers #8

David Lapham's Stray Bullets: Killers reaches its eighth chapter with a cover that's all raw tension and atmosphere — a young woman crouches at the water's edge, bracing against a crashing wave as she reaches for something in the surf, a coastal road and utility poles stretching into the orange-hued distance behind her. Lapham's linework captures that trademark mix of gritty realism and quiet unease that has made this series a standout from Image in 2014. If you've been following Killers, this issue looks like exactly the kind of charged, ground-level moment the series does so well.