L'Abbaye de Clairvaux #[nn]

Set against a smoldering amber sky alive with circling birds, this Glénat album plunges readers into the world of Clairvaux Abbey — its subtitle, Le Corps et l'Âme ("The Body and the Soul"), promising a story where faith and flesh are inseparable. The cover, rendered by Denis Béchu from a script by Didier Convard and Éric Adam, is a stunning piece of atmosphere: a lone figure perches atop a cross-crowned steeple wrapped in timber scaffolding, the whole scene bathed in fiery, apocalyptic light. It's a striking 2015 entry in historical Franco-Belgian comics that will draw anyone fascinated by medieval spirituality and brooding, cinematic artwork.