Inlandsis #1

The cover of this 2012 Soleil release sets a quietly breathtaking tone: two small figures — what appear to be a polar bear and cub — traverse a vast, luminous expanse of ice-blue Arctic terrain beneath a moody mountain horizon, the whole scene rendered in deep cobalt and glacial turquoise by Paul Frichet. That stillness and scale perfectly introduce "Deux-bras-deux-jambes," the opening chapter of Stéphane Betbeder and Frichet's three-part series Inlandsis. If you're drawn to franco-belge storytelling with an atmospheric, almost meditative visual identity, this first volume makes a compelling case right from its cover.