The Question #20

This September 1988 issue of The Question leans hard into carnival-sideshow energy, with the faceless hero looming large at center in his blue trenchcoat and fedora, surrounded by three red-ringed vignettes promising "Thrills!", "Action!", and "Chills!" — a punchy layout by cover artist Rick Magyar that sells the book like a midway barker's banner. Anchoring the lower right is a deeply unsettling clown, red nose and all, while the bottom caption gleefully announces "and, of course… Clowns, Clowns, Clowns," tying neatly to the interior story "Send in the Clowns." It's a wonderfully offbeat package from the O'Neil-Magyar collaboration, and that diamond-checkered border gives the whole thing a genuinely creepy big-top atmosphere you won't soon forget.