L'Homme de l'année #13

A cloaked, top-hatted figure stands alone in a fog-shrouded Victorian alley, a streak of crimson blood cutting across the wet cobblestones at his feet — the unmistakable silhouette of Jack the Ripper rendered in gorgeous, brooding oils by Blasco-Martinez. Written by Céka, this 2018 Delcourt entry in L'Homme de l'Année plants you squarely in 1888 London, where gaslit streets and crumbling stone walls close in around the era's most infamous phantom. The subtitle — Le Véritable Jack l'Éventreur — promises a portrait of the Ripper that feels as haunting and atmospheric as this striking cover suggests.