The Unwritten #38

Vertigo's The Unwritten #38 arrives in August 2012 carrying three Eisner Award nominations — Best Cover Artist, Best Single Issue, and Best Writer — a testament to how seriously readers and peers alike were taking Mike Carey and Peter Gross's series. Yuko Shimizu's cover is a haunting, beautifully rendered image of an aged figure draped in white, their ringed, outstretched hands grasping at a wand or staff as swirling pools of deep violet and scattered crimson orbs surround them — an atmosphere that feels both mystical and deeply unsettling. "The Wound — Part 2 of 4" promises that whatever darkness this arc is exploring, it's well underway and pulling no punches.