Blake et Mortimer #30

The thirtieth volume in the long-running Les Aventures de Blake et Mortimer series arrives in 2024 with a cover that puts the villainous Olrik front and center — mustachioed, coolly smoking a cigarette holder, and staring out from behind iron prison bars with unmistakable defiance. Writer Yves Sente and artist André Juillard, whose clean ligne claire linework graces both the cover pencils and inks, make it immediately clear that even confinement hasn't diminished Olrik's menace. A small portrait of Blake and Mortimer watches from the corner of the cover, a quietly effective reminder of whose world this dangerous man still threatens to upend.