Illuminatus

Based on the sprawling, reality-bending novel by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, this three-issue series from Rip Off Press (1987–1991) distills the chaotic, conspiratorial epic into a dense, visually inventive comic. Adapted by a team including artist John Coulthart, it follows the hunt for the legendary Illuminati through a fever dream of secret societies, Discordianism, and pop-culture paranoia. A landmark of underground and independent comics, it brought a cult literary masterpiece to a new audience with a style as wild as its subject matter.