La Colonne #1

Two imposing military figures — one stocky and scowling in dark uniform, the other taller and more composed in blue and red — face off across an ornate cover framed with tricolor ribbons and lush foliage, immediately signaling a story steeped in colonial-era tension and pageantry. Smaller vignettes along the bottom hint at the African setting, depicting a zebra, a confrontation scene, and a large indigenous figure, painting a vivid tableau of competing worlds. Creators Dabitch and Dumontheuil bring this two-part tale (La Colonne, Tome 1: "L'Esarit Blanc") to Futuropolis in 2013 with a cover design that feels both handsomely antiquarian and sharply pointed.