Buffy the Vampire Slayer cover issue 27, season 10

VERY emotional and evocative cover - I love how you have Willow nestled inside a soldier's silhouette, and Buffy's concerned expression. It's the sort of cover that invites/invokes speculation but can be read in a couple of different ways. Lovely, subtle use of complementary colors here. I think color is the most interesting part of this one. My brain didn't immediately tell me "Oh that's a red-green painting" (and I've seen tons of those - splash some red on a green landscape, etc). I didn't consciously realize that until I looked the third time or so.

The outline of the vampire above Buffy and Spike looks like Nosferatu, rather than a usual buffyverse vamp. Is this a call back to the poster Buffy throws a stake into at the end of the original unaired pilot? That's what it makes me think of at any rate.
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