Esprit du vent #8

The eighth chapter of Manfredi and Frisenda's Esprit du Vent series brings us face-to-face with "Le Monstre de Hogan" — and the cover delivers on that promise immediately, showing the long-haired, buckskin-clad hero squaring off against a massive, snarling red creature, electricity crackling between them in what looks like a desperate, close-quarters confrontation. Frisenda's painted artwork is vivid and visceral, capturing both the supernatural menace of the beast and the fierce determination of the man holding his ground. Published by Mosquito in 2010 under their Horizons Lointains imprint, this is the kind of issue that makes the Esprit du Vent series stand out as a genuinely bold Western-fantasy hybrid.