You can see a full color preview of Samurai Jack Issue Three over at Comics Alliance --or better yet, go buy the issue this week. Here's the B&W version of those same preview pages.
Issue 3's story resonated stronger with me than the previous issues, which lent itself to a clearer idea and visual direction I knew I wanted. Especially color pallet, demonstrated below in my rough color scripts. Our colorist, Josh Burcham took my initial ideas, added his own, then pushed it all to the next level.
I didn't have more than one rough concept sketch for issue 3's cover--because I knew I wanted it to look like one of my favorite comic and covers from growing up: Jim Starlin's DREADSTAR #20. When you read Samurai Jack #3, you'll understand .