The Mission #3

A suited man stares out from the foreground with quiet intensity, while behind him a gaunt, wild-haired figure looms amid a crowd of street demonstrators — one of whom carries a sign reading "SINNERS WILL BURN." The contrast between the ordinary and the deeply unsettling gives this Image series a grounded, thriller-tinged atmosphere that's hard to shake. Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Werther Dell'Edera, and Arianna Florean bring a compelling visual tension to this 2011 series that rewards readers drawn to stories where the everyday and the otherworldly quietly collide.