Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #3

The cover of this 2016 IDW series captures the delightfully off-kilter spirit of Douglas Adams perfectly: a young woman sips a bubble tea with studied nonchalance while a gloved hand holds up a card bearing a hand-drawn cat — all under the watchful gaze of a row of shadowy suited figures looming behind her. Zener-style symbol cards laid out on the table add another layer of wry, pseudo-scientific tension to the scene. Ilias Kyriazis's cover art balances dry humor with genuine unease, making "A Spoon Too Short" #3 — subtitled "Poached Like a Salmon" — feel like exactly the kind of gloriously weird detective story fans of the source material will relish.