Achab #2

The second volume of Patrick Mallet's origin saga for literature's most infamous whaling captain, Premières campagnes puts a young Achab front and center — dark-haired and fierce, harpoon raised and ready aboard a small whaling boat, with a sailing ship visible on the choppy seas behind him and a fellow sailor at his side. It's a vivid portrait of ambition and saltwater danger, capturing the formative voyages that would shape one of fiction's most obsessive figures. Mallet's clean, expressive linework makes this 2009 album a genuinely compelling read for fans of maritime adventure.