Les aventures extraordinaires de Nelson Lobster #2

The second volume of Corbeyran and Florent Calvez's swashbuckling French-language series finds Nelson Lobster deep in a lush, shadowy jungle, waving a white flag — whether in truce or desperate surrender is deliciously ambiguous. He's surrounded by indigenous warriors armed with spears, while a skeletal figure in a colonial military uniform slumps nearby, adding an eerie, otherworldly tension to the scene. Calvez's richly detailed cover work captures the dense, claustrophobic atmosphere of "Les Enfants d'Orqueline" beautifully, making this 2008 Delcourt edition a compelling chapter in Nelson Lobster's extraordinary adventures.