The Alcoholic #[nn]

A cocktail napkin becomes the canvas for Dean Haspiel's stark, scratchy cover art — two rough ink-sketched figures, a glass nearby, and the title scrawled in handwriting that feels both casual and confessional. Writer Jonathan Ames brings his distinctive voice to this Vertigo graphic novel, praised by The New York Times as "engaging… unfinching… powerful." It's a quietly arresting package that announces something raw and personal from the moment you pick it up.