I.R.$. #19

A sharp-dressed man in a light suit dominates the foreground, hand raised thoughtfully to his chin, while three suited figures and a sun-drenched tropical backdrop of palm trees and a sleek modern villa loom behind him — power, money, and intrigue all captured in a single elegant image. Bernard Vrancken's linework gives the cover of I.R.$ #19 a polished, cinematic quality that feels right at home with the series' world of high-stakes financial crime. "De financiële meesters" promises exactly the kind of sophisticated cat-and-mouse tension that Stéphen Desberg and Vrancken have made the hallmark of this long-running Belgian thriller series.