Alone #6

Two armed children face each other on the stark white cover of this sixth volume in Vehlmann and Gazzotti's Alone series — one in full military gear, complete with a feathered helmet, sergeant's stripes, and a rifle resting on the ground, the other in a red hoodie with a weapon of his own and a wary, determined expression. The deliberate simplicity of the composition, with just these two young figures sizing each other up across empty space, quietly captures the series' unsettling premise of children navigating a world without adults. "The Fourth Dimension and a Half" promises another tense, imaginative chapter from this acclaimed Cinebook-published Belgian series.