Le grand mort #4

The fourth volume of Le Grand Mort, subtitled "Sombre," arrives from Vents d'Ouest in 2012 with a cover by Vincent Mallié that immediately sets a breathtaking, ominous tone. Two figures — a young man and a woman — speed away on a red scooter, tearing across a crumbling rooftop while a vast amber-hued city crumbles and erupts into chaos behind them, dark tendrils of something unnatural curling at the edge of the frame. Written by Régis Loisel and Jean-Blaise Djian with colors by François Lapierre, this is Franco-Belgian bande dessinée storytelling at its most visceral and visually arresting.