Madame X #1 Title Splash by Trevor Hairsine

Back in 2012, DC Comics resurrected their National Comics imprint, and so what better way to give it life than via the supernatural character Madame Xanadu?

I’ve got a lot of first and final pages in my collection, and I’m a fan of the process that goes into publishing comics. Trevor Hairsine is primarily a digital illustrator, so his first pass is in digital blueline, but then he prints and hand-inks his pages which produces a beautiful and unique analog totem.

Growing-up in and around Salem, MA, I cut my teeth and Tarot Cards and the occult, so this gorgeous title splash is practically custom made for me. In Rob Williams’ script, the once-famous tarot card reader Madame X now works at a New Orleans law firm as the resident ‘psychic,’ where her powers help to solve a complicated new case. It’s part Hellblazer and part Jessica Jones, and would’ve been a Vertigo book if it had been published a decade sooner. It’s a great read, and this is a beautiful page.