Kaliber #8

A figure slumps on a vivid red couch, a pistol loose in one hand and a liquor bottle on the floor beside him — it's a cover that radiates world-weary noir atmosphere with striking, almost photorealistic intensity. L'Laatste Pompstation voor de Snelweg ("The Last Gas Station Before the Highway") arrives in Casterman's Kaliber line in 2010, pairing the creative talents of Mako, Daeninckx, and Hugues Pagan. Fans of hard-boiled, uncompromising crime fiction will find this brooding image alone reason enough to pick it up.