Man van het jaar #7

A lone, top-hatted figure strides along a wide, misty boulevard toward an ornate illuminated building in the atmospheric cover of this 2017 Dutch-language entry in the Man van het jaar series, painted by Fred Blanchard and Manchu. The subtitle — "De man die schuld heeft aan de Dreyfus-affaire" — immediately signals a story rooted in one of the most turbulent political scandals of the era. Writer Fred Duval and artist Florent Calvez bring their signature period storytelling to bear on 1894, a year crackling with intrigue and consequence.