Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses #18

David Lapham's Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses has always had a knack for unsettling minimalism, and issue #18 delivers that in spades. The cover — a skeletal hand rendered in cool teal against stark black — pairs perfectly with the story title "The Broken Hand of Fate," letting that single image carry a quiet, bone-deep dread. Lapham's stripped-down linework makes this 2016 El Capitán/Image installment feel as spare and unnerving as the series at its very best.