Holmes #1

The cover of this 2015 Futuropolis album sets a quietly gripping tone: an elderly man — gaunt, white-haired, gripping a cane — is rendered in stark, near-monochromatic tones that feel both elegiac and mysterious, perfectly suited to the subtitle L'Adieu à Baker Street. Cecil's cover art strips away all colour and clutter, leaving only the weathered figure and a brooding darkness that invites you to lean in closer. Writer Luc Brunschwig and artist Cecil promise a mature, contemplative take on one of fiction's most enduring minds — and this first livre makes a compelling case from its very first page.