TKO Shorts #8

Part of TKO Studios' single-issue shorts initiative, Roofstompers arrives in 2021 with an evocative cover by Ian MacEwan that sets a quietly unsettling rural mood — a modest house with an orange pickup truck sits nestled among autumn trees, while a massive, looming circular form dominates the sky, splitting the scene between warm fall foliage and something far stranger and more ominous. Writer Alex Paknadel and artist Ian MacEwan, with lettering from Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, bring an intriguing tension between the ordinary and the otherworldly that makes this affordable $2.99 short feel like a compelling package.