Transmetropolitan #21

Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos bring Transmetropolitan's "The New Scum 3: New President" to a head with a cover that practically vibrates with political menace. A suited man, gagged with an American-flag tie, is forced to his knees while a grinning figure looms behind him — all of it set against a campaign poster for the President proclaiming "Hard Job Hard Man." Robertson's cover art captures the series' sharp satirical edge in a single, unsettling image that makes this 1999 Vertigo issue hard to put down unread.