Jeremiah #30

The thirtieth chapter of Hermann's long-running post-apocalyptic series arrives with a quietly tense cover: Jeremiah and his companion Kurdy stand back-to-back amid a bleak, rubble-strewn landscape, their body language suggesting uneasy resolve rather than easy triumph. Hermann's linework, as assured in 2011 as ever, captures both characters with a worn, weathered dignity that suits their hard-traveled world. "Fifty-Fifty" promises the kind of gritty, human-scaled survival drama that has made this series a fixture of European comics.