Bliss #2

The cover of this Image Comics series sets a haunting, fairy-tale tone: a young boy with glasses sits nestled among gnarled branches heavy with red fruit, cradling something in hands that appear darkly afflicted — diseased or corrupted in a deeply unsettling way. Sean Lewis and Caitlin Yarsky's Bliss continues here with this second issue, and that image of childhood innocence shadowed by something sinister promises a story that doesn't shy away from difficult contrasts. If the opening chapter drew you in, this 2020 follow-up looks poised to deepen whatever darkness is quietly blooming at the heart of the series.