Jeremiah #28

Hermann's long-running post-apocalyptic series reaches its 28th volume with "Met Esra is alles goed," and the cover sets a tense, atmospheric mood. A determined, silver-haired figure — Jeremiah himself — stands in the foreground gripping a pistol, while a second, younger character crouches behind him amid rocky rubble; looming above them both is a ghostly, translucent claw-like apparition that dominates the upper right. Every line of Hermann's cover art, from the brooding earth tones to that unsettling spectral presence, promises the gritty, unpredictable storytelling fans have come to expect from this Belgian series in 2008.