The Maxx #29

This late-run issue of Sam Kieth's surreal series arrives with a striking cover — a skull-faced figure with wildly flowing white hair lunges forward against a swirling wash of greens and yellows, its patchwork, vibrantly colored form filling the frame with raw, dreamlike energy. Kieth's cover pencils and inks carry the loose, painterly intensity that made The Maxx one of Image's most distinctive titles of the 1990s. If you've been following the series, this 1997 installment looks like it's pushing deeper into the strange, unsettling territory the book does so well.