Dagboek van een spook #[nn]

Nicolas de Crécy's Dagboek van een spook presents one of the most quietly enchanting cover images of 2015: a small white ghost and a round, orange cat-like creature sit side by side on a rain-slicked street, bathed in the amber glow of city lampposts, with ornate colonial-style buildings stretching into a dark, moody sky behind them. The watercolor-tinged linework — all de Crécy's own, from pencils and inks to color — gives the nocturnal urban setting a dreamy, melancholic warmth that perfectly suits a story whose title translates as "Diary of a Ghost." It's an odd, tender pairing of figures that immediately makes you wonder about the world they inhabit together.