Adam Clarks #[nn]

Lapone and Hautière deliver a sleek, noir-tinged package with this 2014 Glénat release. The cover sets the mood immediately: a sharp-suited man in a tuxedo and red bow tie stands with his back half-turned, while a platinum-haired woman in a strapless black gown reclines languidly across a sweep of vivid red, a silhouette of aircraft crossing the dark sky behind them. It's the kind of cool, stylized European BD glamour that makes you want to linger over every angular line before you've even opened the first page.