The Wicked + The Divine #2

The second issue of Gillen, McKelvie, Wilson, and Cowles's stylish Image series announces itself with a striking close-up portrait: a red-haired figure wearing bold teal, pink, and yellow face paint stares directly at the viewer, a black choker at her throat and pearl-like jewelry catching the warm amber glow that saturates the entire image. What really catches the eye is the title treatment — "The Wicked + The Divine" — reflected and mirrored across her face, as if the very words are part of her identity. It's a confident, visually arresting piece of design from McKelvie that perfectly captures the series' fusion of mythology and pop-culture spectacle.