Jack Slender #[nn]

Published by Vlaamse Onafhankelijke Stripgilde in 2013, this Belgian sci-fi adventure presents "Kwadraat Vier," a chapter in the Jack Slender series brought fully to life by the remarkable all-in-one talents of writer Willem Ritstier and artist/inker/colorist Hendrik J. Vos. The cover, entirely pencilled and inked by Vos, sets a thrilling tone: two young space adventurers stand confidently in front of a sleek spacecraft while an enormous, fang-filled alien creature looms out of a star-scattered, asteroid-filled sky above them — a small robot companion rounding out the crew at their feet. At just 7,99 EUR, it's an inviting entry point into a vividly imagined universe where the scale of the cosmos — and its dangers — is rendered with real flair.