Jeronimus #1

A tall ship battles through towering, storm-churned seas on Jean-Denis Pendanx's breathtaking painted cover — a scene that immediately signals high adventure on the open ocean. Written by Christophe Dabitch with art, inks, and colors all by Pendanx, this 2009 Dutch-language album opens the Jeronimus series with "De nieuwe man" ("The New Man"), set against the backdrop of October 1628 as a man with nothing left to lose boards a vessel in Amsterdam bound for Batavia. The cover's moody, almost cinematic sweep of wave and sail makes a compelling promise for what lies ahead.