Arin en het volk van de Hunebedbouwers #2

The cover of this 2005 Dutch historical comic grabs attention immediately: a group of fur-clad prehistoric figures scrambles in panic through a wintry, branch-tangled landscape as a blazing fireball streaks across the night sky, trailing sparks and smaller meteors in its wake. Roelof Wijtsma's richly detailed artwork — he handled pencils, inks, colors, and lettering throughout — fills the scene with dramatic red and amber firelight, capturing both the chaos of the fleeing crowd and the awe-inspiring terror of the celestial event above them. "De huilende steen" (The Weeping Stone) is the second chapter in Frans le Roux and Wijtsma's series following Arin and the people of the Hunebedbuilders, and this cover promises a story steeped in the raw, elemental world of prehistoric Drenthe.