Esteban #4

The fourth chapter of Matthieu Bonhomme's Esteban series arrives with a cover that pulses with urgency — a young figure in rough clothing lunges forward through a swirl of fire and embers, while behind him a guard tower looms and armed men crouch in the shadows below. Bonhomme's linework, warmed by Delphine Chedru's smoldering orange and amber palette, perfectly captures the tension promised by the subtitle Prisonniers du bout du monde — "Prisoners at the End of the World." Published by Dupuis in 2012, this volume looks like a gripping chapter in a series that balances adventure and atmosphere in equal measure.