La Cité de l'Arche #2

The second volume of Boiscommun's La Cité de l'Arche arrives with a quietly gripping cover: a small, hooded figure crouches vulnerably amid a cluster of massive, weathered spherical machines, while a strange star-shaped creature floats above in a sandy, muted atmosphere. The contrast between the tiny human form and those looming mechanical orbs immediately conveys a world both wondrous and unsettling. Subtitled Ville Tombe, this 2011 Glénat release promises the kind of thoughtful, visually rich science-fiction storytelling that makes the Franco-Belgian tradition so enduring.