The Good Asian #2

This noir thriller from Image pulls you right into its shadowy world with a cover that contrasts a man bound in barbed wire against a stark red background with a menacing, skull-faced figure in a fedora looming large over giant mahjong tiles — while a lone detective below navigates the danger at street level. The composition by Pichetshote, Tefenkgi, Loughridge, and Powell crackles with tension, evoking the best hardboiled crime fiction with a distinctly Chinese-American aesthetic. Issue two of this 2021 series promises a story steeped in atmosphere and dread, and this cover alone makes a compelling case for picking it up.