L'Invention du Vide #[nn]

Three figures rope-linked and clinging to a sheer blue-grey rock face, with jagged alpine peaks rising through the clouds far below — Nicolas Debon's cover for L'Invention du Vide immediately conveys the vertiginous drama of high-altitude mountaineering. Published by Dargaud in 2012, the album's muted palette of slate, ivory, and rust gives the scene a timeless, almost dreamlike quality that feels perfectly suited to a story set among the mountains. If you're drawn to beautifully rendered tales of human endurance against vast, indifferent landscapes, this one looks hard to put down.