Awrah #2

The concluding volume of this French diptych opens with a hauntingly beautiful image: a dark-haired woman adorned with intricate tattoos and ornate jewelry gazes with quiet fascination at a scorpion resting in her open palm, framed against a burning desert sunset. The team of Koehler, Erkol, Simon, and Raives brings a lush, painterly warmth to the scene — all amber, crimson, and shadow — that feels both intimate and charged with latent danger. If the first volume drew you in, this 2010 Daniel Maghen release promises a satisfying, richly atmospheric conclusion to Awrah.