Les plaisirs de Saturnin #[nn]

Silvio Cadelo's Les Plaisirs de Saturnin — ou l'enfer interdit from Glénat brings a lushly rendered, period-flavored sensibility to this French album. The cover depicts two women in elaborate 18th-century dress reclining together on green grass, one drowsy and disheveled beneath a wide-brimmed hat, the other leaning close in quiet intimacy — Cadelo's linework balancing elegance with a pleasantly mischievous warmth. A refined and visually accomplished work from 1994 that showcases the distinctive storytelling flair of Franco-Belgian adult comics at their most artfully composed.