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CROWBOUND #2
Covert Ink Agency Exclusive • New York Comic Con 2026
Covert Ink Agency proudly presents one of its first exclusive releases with CROWBOUND #2, debuting for New York Comic Con 2026 and featuring original cover artwork by acclaimed mixed-media artist Wil Shrike.
This exclusive marks an important early release for Covert Ink Agency, bringing together distinctive fine-art cover work, one of 2026’s most talked-about dark fantasy series, and the next chapter in Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s blood-soaked fairytale.
A MOTHER’S PACT CONTINUES
Crowbound continues its grim, heart-driven saga for both readers who discovered the series with the sold-out first issue and anyone stepping into the world of the Factory for the first time.
Rose has been killed. Her throat slashed. Her body sinking into the swamplands. Yet what waits in those depths may be her salvation.
Everything in life — and in death — has its cost.
As Rose’s desperate bargain with the Scarecrow Queen deepens, the lowlands close in: submerged villages, derelict woods, forgotten gods, and the twisted remains of the old world. The Factory still divides the land. Ava is still gone. And the price of hope keeps rising.
This issue carries forward the series’ mix of southern gothic dread, neo-western grit, and dark fantasy — a violent story about mortality, love, and holding onto hope in the darkest of worlds.
FROM SOLD-OUT DEBUT TO NYCC EXCLUSIVE
The return of Crowbound arrives on the heels of a first issue that vanished from distribution on day of release and was rushed back to print.
Written by Jeff Lemire and painted in Dustin Nguyen’s unmistakable watercolor style, the series has already been called one of the strongest launches of 2026 — a blood-soaked fairytale in the lineage of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Road, Kill Bill, and Pan’s Labyrinth.
That heat makes CROWBOUND #2 a significant new chapter for one of Image Comics’ most closely watched new worlds.
THE COVERT INK EXCLUSIVE
Created specifically for Covert Ink Agency, the NYCC 2026 edition showcases the cinematic, high-detail mixed-media work of Wil Shrike, whose gothic intensity and collector-focused cover style bring a dramatic fine-art presence to Crowbound.
More than a convention exclusive, this release represents the beginning of Covert Ink Agency’s commitment to pairing exceptional artists with landmark characters, meaningful releases, and collectible editions created for serious comic art enthusiasts.
CROWBOUND #2
Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen
Artwork by Wil Shrike
Covert Ink Agency Exclusive
New York Comic Con 2026
CROWBOUND #2
Covert Ink Agency Exclusive • New York Comic Con 2026
Covert Ink Agency proudly presents one of its first exclusive releases with CROWBOUND #2, debuting for New York Comic Con 2026 and featuring original cover artwork by acclaimed mixed-media artist Wil Shrike.
This exclusive marks an important early release for Covert Ink Agency, bringing together distinctive fine-art cover work, one of 2026’s most talked-about dark fantasy series, and the next chapter in Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s blood-soaked fairytale.
A MOTHER’S PACT CONTINUES
Crowbound continues its grim, heart-driven saga for both readers who discovered the series with the sold-out first issue and anyone stepping into the world of the Factory for the first time.
Rose has been killed. Her throat slashed. Her body sinking into the swamplands. Yet what waits in those depths may be her salvation.
Everything in life — and in death — has its cost.
As Rose’s desperate bargain with the Scarecrow Queen deepens, the lowlands close in: submerged villages, derelict woods, forgotten gods, and the twisted remains of the old world. The Factory still divides the land. Ava is still gone. And the price of hope keeps rising.
This issue carries forward the series’ mix of southern gothic dread, neo-western grit, and dark fantasy — a violent story about mortality, love, and holding onto hope in the darkest of worlds.
FROM SOLD-OUT DEBUT TO NYCC EXCLUSIVE
The return of Crowbound arrives on the heels of a first issue that vanished from distribution on day of release and was rushed back to print.
Written by Jeff Lemire and painted in Dustin Nguyen’s unmistakable watercolor style, the series has already been called one of the strongest launches of 2026 — a blood-soaked fairytale in the lineage of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Road, Kill Bill, and Pan’s Labyrinth.
That heat makes CROWBOUND #2 a significant new chapter for one of Image Comics’ most closely watched new worlds.
THE COVERT INK EXCLUSIVE
Created specifically for Covert Ink Agency, the NYCC 2026 edition showcases the cinematic, high-detail mixed-media work of Wil Shrike, whose gothic intensity and collector-focused cover style bring a dramatic fine-art presence to Crowbound.
More than a convention exclusive, this release represents the beginning of Covert Ink Agency’s commitment to pairing exceptional artists with landmark characters, meaningful releases, and collectible editions created for serious comic art enthusiasts.
CROWBOUND #2
Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen
Artwork by Wil Shrike
Covert Ink Agency Exclusive
New York Comic Con 2026