Les Pionniers du Nouveau Monde #10

Tome 10 of Les Pionniers du Nouveau Monde — subtitled Comme le souffle d'un bison en hiver — arrives with a cover of striking stillness: a Native American woman kneels atop a rocky outcrop, her long dark hair swept by the wind, gazing out over a vast, mist-softened wilderness of river and forest. The mood is meditative and powerful, beautifully rendered by J-F Charles, whose painterly naturalism gives the 1997 Glénat release an almost cinematic sweep. If you've been following Maryse, J-F Charles, and Ersel's saga of life on the American frontier, this volume's evocative imagery promises another deeply atmospheric chapter.