Fishflies #5

Jeff Lemire's haunting series reaches its fifth issue with a cover that perfectly captures the series' unsettling blend of childhood vulnerability and creeping dread. A young child in a red coat stands alone on a forest path, framed by a tunnel of dark trees — while an enormous, looming insect creature with compound eyes and grasping claws towers over them from the shadows. It's the kind of image that stays with you, rendered in Lemire's distinctive scratchy, watercolor-tinged style that makes the eerie feel achingly intimate.