John Lord #2

The second chapter of Bêtes Sauvages arrives with a cover that immediately sets an unsettling, atmospheric tone — a young woman in pale clothing stands before a stilted cabin in a dark, skeletal forest, while an enormous, luminous spectral figure looms above her, arms outstretched. Patrick Laumond and D-P Filippi craft a world where the natural and the supernatural press uncomfortably close together, and this 2006 Les Humanoïdes Associés release wears that tension beautifully. If you're drawn to moody, evocative Franco-Belgian storytelling with a gothic edge, John Lord deserves a place on your shelf.