Firebugs #[nn]

Nino Bulling's Firebugs from Edition Moderne makes an immediate visual impression, its cover split between a vivid upper panel of roaring red-and-black flames and a tender lower scene rendered in stark black-and-white line work, where two figures rest together in an intimate, quietly vulnerable embrace. The stark contrast between the burning intensity above and the stillness below gives this 2022 release a striking emotional range before you've even opened a page. Part of Edition Moderne's Colorama line, this is the kind of graphic work that draws you in with its confident, expressive draftsmanship and holds you there.