The Dreaming #38

Part three of "The Gyres" arrives in this 1999 Vertigo entry, with a Dave McKean cover that sets an unmistakably haunting tone. A skeletal ribcage dominates the composition, dark birds bursting upward from within it in a swirl of wings, while faint splashes of crimson punctuate the muted, weathered background. Caitlín R. Kiernan and Christian Højgaard continue their run on The Dreaming with this unsettling chapter subtitled "Apostate" — an image of bones and escaping birds that speaks quietly but powerfully to themes of loss and release.