Les ombres de Monsieur Andersen #[nn]

A richly atmospheric portrait of Hans Christian Andersen dominates this cover, his pale, striking face emerging from a deep black background alive with golden paper-cut silhouettes — toy soldiers, dancers, mermaids, and fairy-tale figures that seem to breathe with quiet magic. Nathalie Ferlut brings a painterly elegance to this 2016 Casterman release, framing the great Danish storyteller as a man inseparable from the shadowy worlds he conjured. It's a beautifully composed invitation into the life of a storyteller whose imagination clearly cast long, wondrous shadows.