The Golem of Venice Beach #[1]

Drawing on Jewish folklore and California sun-bleached atmosphere, The Golem of Venice Beach announces itself with striking confidence. Bill Sienkiewicz's cover — rendered in his unmistakable expressive style — presents a pale, almost luminous humanoid figure spread wide in a Vitruvian Man pose against a warm amber haze, while a large, powerful figure looms at the upper left. Published by Clover Press in 2022, this oversized collection brings together Sienkiewicz alongside writers Chanan Beizer and Vanessa Cardinali for what looks, from its evocative cover alone, like a genuinely compelling reimagining of the golem myth set against the sun-scorched streets of Venice Beach.