Axolot - Histoires extraordinaires & sources d'étonnement #1

This Éditions Delcourt anthology, conceived by Patrick Baud, promises exactly what its subtitle delivers — histoires extraordinaires & sources d'étonnement — and the cover sets the mood beautifully with a shadowy cabinet of curiosities packed floor to ceiling with strange artifacts, books, masks, skulls, a glowing brain, a white bird, a prowling creature clinging to a gnarled branch, and a wolf, each shelf curated like a wonder room begging to be explored. Contributing artists including Tony Sandoval, Boulet, Marion Montaigne, Guillaume Long, Sibylline & Capucine, Camille Moog, and several others are each playfully name-tagged amid the clutter, hinting at the delightful variety of voices assembled here. For readers drawn to curiosity-driven storytelling, this 2014 collection looks like a genuinely warm invitation into the extraordinary.