L'Été Diabolik #[nn]

Three young people stroll along a sun-drenched beach while an enormous, mask-like face — all deep blue with glowing pink eyes — looms over them like a shadow from another world, setting up a delicious tension between carefree summer and lurking menace. Alexandre Clérisse's bold, retro-graphic cover design gives the whole thing the feel of a stylish 1960s film poster, perfectly suited to a story built around the world of Diabolik. Published by Dargaud in 2016, this collaboration between writer Thierry Smolderen and the multi-talented Clérisse promises a sun-soaked thriller with serious cool running through every page.