Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom

And here we have the epic nod to Bill Watterson with the single issue called Sparrow. Rodriguez is pitch perfect in his drawing and Joe Hill even gets in on the action having Bode adopt more of the effusive language typical of Calvin. I love that the comic medium allows for this leeway and tangential diversion. Even better is that this seemingly random diversion is still brought back around in the final volume. Hill and Rodriguez are hitting their stride and showing a high degree of confidence in what they're doing here. There's a lot of moving pieces across the board in preparation for the climax and the volume ends with a violent bang. One hell of a cliff-hanger.