The Dreaming #45

Dave McKean's cover for this February 2000 issue of The Dreaming is a haunting, painterly vision — a mossy, decayed creature's head emerges from still, murky water, its single luminous eye staring out from the gloom with unsettling calm. The dreamlike atmosphere perfectly suits the Vertigo imprint, blending the organic and the otherworldly in McKean's signature style. With Caitlín R. Kiernan writing and the story titled "Masques & Hedgehogs," this issue promises the thoughtful, lyrical strangeness that makes The Dreaming such a distinctive corner of the DC/Vertigo universe.