The Ludocrats #5

Issue five of The Ludocrats subtitles itself "The Existential Trials of Otto Von Subertan," and the cover delivers on that premise with gleeful absurdity: a pink, heavily built figure strains under the crushing weight of an enormous wooden die emblazoned with the word "BOREDOM," chains and splinters flying as the structure threatens to flatten everything beneath it. The sheer visual wit — fighting literal boredom as a physical monument — captures exactly the anarchic, over-the-top spirit that Kieron Gillen and Jim Rossignol bring to this series, with Jim Stokely's linework and Tamra Bonvillain's vivid colors making the chaos feel genuinely alive. If you've been sleeping on The Ludocrats, this 2020 Image Comics gem is a fine reminder that some comics refuse to be anything less than spectacularly weird.