Le Maître de Ballantraë #2

Adapted from R. L. Stevenson's classic novel, this second volume of Hippolyte's Le Maître de Ballantrae continues the brooding tale in a beautifully muted palette of deep reds and earthy tones. The cover presents a swirling, almost dreamlike composition of struggling figures caught in what appears to be a moment of violent conflict, rendered in Hippolyte's distinctive painterly style. A richly atmospheric piece of Franco-Belgian graphic literature from 2007 that wears its literary ambitions with quiet confidence.