Louis XIV #1

The first volume of this ambitious French historical series opens with a commanding image: a long-haired, armored figure on a rearing horse, the grand façade of Versailles stretching across the horizon behind him. Writers Jean-David Morvan and Frédérique Voulyzé team with artist Renato Guedes — who also handles inks and colors — to bring the Sun King's world to life in 2015 for Glénat and Fayard. With sweeping painterly colors and an epic scope already declared on the cover alone, this first of two volumes promises a rich portrait of one of history's most powerful monarchs.