L'enfant de l'orage #1

The opening volume of L'Enfant de l'Orage sets a striking, melancholy tone right from its cover: a lone, hunched figure — pale-haired and wrapped in rough, dark clothing — kneels in a snow-covered ravine as a vivid trail of blood seeps across the white ground around them. Bichebois and Poli launch this series from Les Humanoïdes Associés with "Pierres de Sang," and Didier Poli's artwork already signals something quietly devastating — the cold, grey palette and that single thread of crimson speak volumes about the world this child of the storm inhabits. A compelling, atmospheric start to what promises to be a deeply human tale of survival.