De werelden van Thorgal Kriss van Valnor #1

Published by Le Lombard in 2010, this first volume of the Kriss van Valnor spin-off within De Werelden van Thorgal wastes no time establishing its fierce protagonist. The cover, rendered by Giulio De Vita, presents a young, wild-eyed girl clutching a bloodied knife in a desolate, ash-grey landscape — ravens circling above a crumbling thatched dwelling behind her — radiating a quiet, unsettling intensity. With Yves Sente's script and De Vita's atmospheric linework, "Ik vergeet niets!" ("I forget nothing!") promises a story every bit as sharp as the blade on that cover.