Louisiana de kleur van bloed #1

Against a smoldering amber sky, two figures embrace in the foreground — a woman in a sweeping dark period gown holding someone close — while a solitary rider on horseback lingers in the silhouetted distance beside a grand plantation house. This opening volume of Louisiana: De Kleur van Bloed ("The Color of Blood") sets a richly atmospheric tone, with Gontran Toussaint's cover art bathing the antebellum Louisiana landscape in deep purples and burnt oranges that feel as tense as they are beautiful. Writer Léa Chrétien and artist Toussaint promise a story where passion and shadow are inseparable, and this 2019 Dargaud Benelux release is a compelling invitation into their world.