Le Dernier Brame #[nn]

From Belgian master Servais comes this haunting Aire Libre work, its cover immediately drawing you in with a striking autumnal tableau: a young, bare-armed figure stands arms crossed before a grand manor house, while a magnificent stag looms large behind them, antlers spread wide against a golden sky scattered with falling leaves. The pairing of human vulnerability and wild, imposing nature gives the image a quietly unsettling poetry that feels deeply rooted in the Franco-Belgian tradition of literary comics. Published by Dupuis in 2011, Le Dernier Brame announces itself as the kind of thoughtful, atmospheric album that lingers long after the cover is closed.