Jonathan #16

An Indian child raises a painted hand toward the viewer — its palm bearing a stylized eye and intricate symbols — while a temple rises in the warm background and a second figure, likely Jonathan himself, looks on quietly. Cosey's cover for this sixteenth volume in his celebrated Jonathan series carries the contemplative, subcontinental atmosphere the series is known for, rendered entirely by his own hand from pencils to inks. Celle qui fut ("She Who Was") promises the kind of quietly haunting, travel-soaked storytelling that has made this Le Lombard series a treasured corner of European bande dessinée since its earliest albums.