Aria #17

Michel Weyland's Aria series delivers another atmospheric chapter with De Tuin van Satan ("The Garden of Satan"), this seventeenth volume from Dupuis. The cover draws you in immediately — a white-clad, curly-haired Aria stands knee-deep in dark water, sword in hand, her expression resolute, while a shadowy male figure lurks among ruins in the moonlit background. It's a moody, beautifully composed image that captures the series' signature blend of fantasy, mystery, and quiet tension that made it a staple of European bandes dessinées in 1995.