Le Pilote à l'Edelweiss #3

The third volume of Le Pilote à l'Edelweiss arrives with a cover by Romain Hugault that captures the poetry and danger of World War I aviation — a French tricolor flag billows dramatically in the foreground as a steel-helmeted soldier raises it toward the sky, while a beautifully rendered biplane banks overhead against pale blue clouds. Hugault's painterly linework brings both the earthbound soldier and the soaring aircraft to life with equal care, making the composition feel at once heroic and quietly moving. With writer Yann and the subtitled chapter "Walburga," this 2013 entry in the series promises another chapter of wartime aerial adventure steeped in period atmosphere.