Malaterre #1

Pierre-Henry Gomont's Malaterre opens with a cover that immediately draws you into two worlds at once: a man rendered in striking coral-red dominates the foreground in close profile, while deep within a lush, sun-dappled jungle behind him stand three figures — a man, a woman, and a child — half-swallowed by dense tropical foliage. Published by Sherpa in 2023, this Dutch-language first volume pairs Gomont's fluid linework with a beautifully restrained palette of teal greens and warm earth tones that gives the whole image a dreamlike, almost mythic atmosphere. With story by Gomont and Toon Dohmen, Eerste Deel promises an intimate yet expansive tale rooted somewhere between the civilized world and the wild.