The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #1

From Image Comics in 2014, The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #1 opens a world of anthropomorphic animals and ancient magic with a cover that immediately establishes its ambitions: a robed, boar-like figure hovers in meditative stillness above a snowy, ruin-strewn landscape, hands outstretched as a luminous, Celtic-knotwork mandala blazes behind them against a star-filled sky. Benjamin Dewey's linework is richly detailed and atmospheric, brought to vivid life by Jordie Bellaire's coloring — the cold whites of the ground playing beautifully against the warm, glowing greens of the magical orb. Kurt Busiek's "In the Seventh City" promises the kind of thoughtful, world-building fantasy that rewards readers who love their adventure stories with genuine depth.