Jeremiah #29

Volume 29 of Hermann's long-running post-apocalyptic series finds Jeremiah at his most elemental — shirtless, bare-footed, and poised against a burnt-orange sky with a drawn bow, every muscle tensed as he takes aim at something beyond the frame. Hermann's cover artwork, rendered with his characteristic earthy palette of ochres and warm dust tones, captures the survivalist lone-wolf spirit that has defined this series across nearly three decades. "Le petit chat est mort" is a compelling 2010 entry from a creator who remains every bit as assured with his linework as when the series began.