Konvooi #16

The sixteenth chapter of Konvooi arrives with Philippe Buchet's striking cover painting at its heart — a woman in a military-style outfit cradles a bloodied, unconscious figure in her arms, both of them framed against the swirling void of what appears to be a massive black hole or wormhole looming in deep space. The title "Bloedbanden" — Blood Ties — says it all about the emotional weight the image carries, a moment of desperate tenderness set against the cold vastness of the cosmos. With Jean-David Morvan and Hans van den Boom steering the story and Buchet handling every visual layer, this 2024 Arboris release looks like one of the series' most intimate and intense entries yet.