La Geste des Chevaliers Dragons #21

Tome 21 of Soleil's long-running French fantasy series La Geste des Chevaliers Dragons arrives in 2015 with a cover by Antoine Carrion that pulls no punches: a gauntleted warrior drives a massive axe into the maw of an enormous dragon, blood already spattering the scorched earth beneath its scaled jaws. The raw, close-quarters tension of the image — hand, blade, and beast filling nearly every inch of the frame — sets a fittingly brutal tone for a story titled "La hache." Written by Ange and illustrated by Emmanuel Roudier with colors by Stéphane Paitreau and Eiko Takayama, this is dragon-hunting adventure rendered with real craft and grit.