Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses #39

David Lapham's Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses has long thrived on ordinary settings charged with dread, and issue #39's cover delivers exactly that — a utility pole tangled in a chaotic nest of looping wires, with a tiny spark flickering at their center, suggesting something electric and unpredictable is about to give way. Titled "Calls," this chapter feels perfectly framed by that image: lines of connection, overloaded and knotted, humming with latent tension. It's a quietly unsettling piece of cover art from Lapham that reminds you why this series remains one of indie crime comics' most compelling ongoing stories.