The Dreaming #30

From DC's Vertigo imprint, this November 1998 installment of The Dreaming carries the story title "Many Mansions, Part Four: Temporary Overflow," with writing by Caitlín R. Kiernan and art by Jamie Tolagson. Dave McKean's cover sets a quietly surreal tone — a wide-eyed mouse and a weathered, contemplative figure share a worn tabletop scattered with aged papers, a single vivid red cherry resting between them like a small, loaded symbol. It's the kind of unsettling stillness that Vertigo did so well in 1998, inviting you to linger before you even open the cover.