Die Schöne und das Huhn #1

Jean-Claude Servais brings his signature pastoral romanticism to this 2004 Epsilon release, the first part of Die Schöne und das Huhn. The cover draws you in immediately with a striking woman — her voluminous red curls and period green-and-white dress rendered with warmth and careful detail — standing beside a wooden structure while shadowy riders on horseback loom in the misty red-tinted background. It's an atmospheric opening chapter that showcases Servais's unmistakable gift for evoking mood through beauty and quiet tension.