Carthago Adventures #[nn]

This Humanoids anthology brings together an impressive roster of creators — Christophe Bec, Alcante, Daoust, Jaouen, Fafner, Cossu, Sentenac, and Kovacevic — for a collection of tales set in the world of Carthago. The cover pulls no punches: a lone figure in a winter vest braces against a massive, snarling wolf-like creature in a snow-swept forest clearing, blood staining the white ground where a trap has caught the beast's paw. It's a tense, beautifully rendered standoff that sets the tone for the kind of dangerous, wilderness-pushed-to-its-limits storytelling this 2017 volume promises throughout.