Edgar P. Jacobs: De doemdromer #[nn]

A thoughtful man in a trench coat stands at the center of a dramatic, surreal tableau — a crashing tidal wave, a swarm of bats darkening the sky, a blazing meteor, and a moody European cityscape all converge around him in vivid, apocalyptic splendor. This 2022 release from Daedalus is a biographical portrait of Edgar P. Jacobs, the visionary Belgian creator, brought to life by writer François Rivière and artist Philippe Wurm, whose cover composition beautifully channels Jacobs' own taste for the grandiose and the eerie. If you've ever been fascinated by the man behind Blake and Mortimer, De Doemdromer — "The Doom Dreamer" — looks like a compelling place to begin.