The Unwritten #10

Vertigo's acclaimed series The Unwritten — named one of the Village Voice's Best of 2009 — arrives at its tenth issue with a cover by Yuko Shimizu that's as unsettling as it is beautifully crafted: a uniformed figure in Nazi regalia aims a vintage film camera directly at the viewer, while below, swastika-adorned buildings loom beneath a winged cat drifting through a blood-red sky. The imagery sets a chilling, surreal tone for "Jud Süss - Part 1: The Liar," suggesting Mike Carey and Peter Gross are steering the story into dark historical territory where propaganda, storytelling, and power are uncomfortably intertwined.