Grandville #[5]

The fifth and final chapter in Bryan Talbot's beloved Grandville saga arrives with "Force Majeure," a self-described Detective-Inspector Lebrock of Scotland Yard scientific-romance thriller. The cover — penciled and inked by Talbot — presents a striking art nouveau composition: a cloaked, pistol-wielding badger figure seen from behind, silhouetted against a dramatic circular glow, all rendered in bold black, white, and red. It's a fitting send-off for one of comics' most distinctive anthropomorphic detective series, and Talbot's complete creative control (writing, art, lettering, alongside a full team of colorists) ensures this 2017 volume maintains the series' singular vision right to the end.