The Li'l Depressed Boy #16

Issue sixteen of S. Steven Struble and Sina Grace's quietly charming Image series delivers a cover full of warm, understated intimacy — the Li'l Depressed Boy and a red-haired, bespectacled young woman sit together on the floor, she absorbed in a book while a vintage film projector hums and glows behind them, a basket of apples resting nearby. It's a small, lived-in moment that perfectly captures the series' gentle emotional tone. If you've been following this sweetly melancholy slice-of-life story, 2013's sixteenth issue looks like a cozy place to settle in.