Duke #4

A lone rider surveys a vast, sun-baked canyon landscape from a rocky precipice — Hermann's cover for Duke #4 is a masterclass in wide-open Western atmosphere, all rust-colored cliffs and pale sky stretching to the horizon. Published by Le Lombard in 2020, this fourth volume — titled La dernière fois que j'ai prié — sees the series' creative team of writer Yves H. and artist/colorist Hermann continuing their collaboration with evident confidence. If the cover's mood of quiet, watchful solitude is any indication, this is the kind of Western that earns its silences.