Hasta la victoria! #2

Set against the sun-bleached streets of what looks unmistakably like Havana — complete with crumbling colonial architecture and swaying palm trees — this second volume of Hasta la Victoria! plunges right into the action. The cover, entirely the work of Stefano Casini, shows a determined young man gunning a motorcycle-and-sidecar through dusty chaos, an older man and a child riding along as armed figures close in from the background. "Mambo Cubain" promises a story steeped in Cuban atmosphere, and Casini's warm, golden palette and fluid linework make this 2007 Mosquito release a genuinely compelling package from cover to spine.