The Li'l Depressed Boy #4

S. Steven Struble and Sina Grace's slice-of-life series continues with this quietly affecting fourth issue from Image. The cover sets a tender, melancholy mood — the stitched-faced Li'l Depressed Boy leans close to a tattooed young woman with dark auburn hair, both of them nestled against a warm damask-patterned backdrop that gives the scene an intimate, almost dreamlike quality. It's a understated image that captures exactly what makes this series so appealing: small, human moments rendered with real emotional weight.