Druuna #1

This 2016 Glénat collection brings together Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri's Morbus Gravis and Delta in one handsome volume, offering an ideal entry point into his celebrated science-fiction world. Serpieri's cover artwork is a masterclass in intricate linework — Druuna, seen from behind with long dark hair, reaches toward a sprawling tangle of organic and mechanical forms that fill the composition with unsettling, almost biological complexity. Both the pencils and inks are Serpieri's own, and that total authorial control gives the image a singular, deeply personal atmosphere that fans of thoughtful, adult European comics will find hard to resist.