Lancelot #4

The fourth volume of this moody Arthurian series arrives subtitled "Arthur," and the cover sets a brooding, atmospheric tone — a weary, fur-cloaked figure slumped upon a great wooden throne, while a dark-haired young woman sits at his feet, a sword resting in her hands, both figures bathed in shadow against a dimly lit hall. Alexe's painterly cover work gives the scene a quiet, melancholic weight that feels a world away from romanticized legend. With Olivier Peru's storytelling and Olivier Héban's rich coloring driving this 2015 Daedalus release, fans of grounded, continental-European fantasy will find plenty to draw them in.