Star Trek: Picard's Academy #3

The bridge of a Starfleet training vessel has rarely looked this chaotic — on Sweeney Boo's charming cover for this 2023 IDW issue, a young Jean-Luc Picard sits at the center seat with his face buried in his hand, surrounded by cadets mid-meltdown as paper planes fly through the air around them. It's a beautifully expressive snapshot of academy life gone sideways, perfectly capturing the humor and heart that Sam Maggs and artist Ornella Greco bring to this coming-of-age Trek series. "Commit No Mistakes Part 3: Froid de Loup" promises more of the sharp, warmly rendered storytelling that makes Picard's Academy a genuinely fun corner of the Star Trek universe.