La Légende des nuées écarlates #3

The third volume of Saverio Tenuta's La Légende des nuées écarlates arrives with "Le trait parfait" — and the cover alone makes a powerful statement. A lone samurai kneels in meditative stillness at the center of a crimson-stained circle, twin weapons resting beside him, while pale, skeletal winter trees loom out of a misty void behind him. Tenuta's atmospheric painted artwork gives the whole image a haunting, almost ceremonial weight that perfectly suits this series' blend of feudal drama and dark beauty.