The Li'l Depressed Boy: Supposed to Be There, Too #1

Shaun Steven Struble and Sina Grace's slice-of-life series returns with this 2014 Image one-shot, dropping the Li'l Depressed Boy — the series' endearing, blank-faced ragdoll protagonist in a yellow heart-emblazoned tee — right into the middle of a crowded social gathering. The cover captures that familiar tension of being surrounded by people yet somehow apart from them, as LDB stands amid a cluster of stylishly drawn young adults chatting, laughing, and sipping wine, looking quietly adrift in the noise. It's the kind of human, understated storytelling that makes this series so genuinely compelling.