Desperate Times #2

Desperate Times #2 from Image Comics leads with a cover that's entirely upfront about its own sense of humor — two tiny cartoon guys standing on a larger woman's chest, bickering via speech bubbles about the artistic choice itself. Chris Eliopoulos, credited on the cover, brings a nimble self-aware wit to this 1998 series, letting the comic literally comment on its own cover gag in real time. It's the kind of cheerful, fourth-wall-nudging comedy that made Desperate Times a fun oddity on the Image lineup.