Beeldschoon #3

The third volume of the Belgian series Beeldschoon arrives with a cover that is genuinely haunting in its beauty — a near-naked woman draped in a sweeping red cloth descends a staircase while a swirling mass of dark, glowing-eyed creatures closes in around her, with a small black dog at her side. The contrast between her luminous figure and the teal-shadowed monsters surrounding her gives the image an eerie, fairy-tale tension that feels both threatening and dreamlike. Subtitled Gewone Stervelingen ("Ordinary Mortals"), this 2015 HUM! release from Jordscoot and Hubert promises the same darkly elegant sensibility that makes this series so distinctive.