Mary Jane #[nn]

A lone woman huddles against the cold in a rain-slicked cobblestone alley, her dark coat wrapped tightly around her as a gas lamp casts a pale glow through the fog — Damien Cuvillier's cover art sets a hauntingly atmospheric Victorian tone that immediately draws you in. Frank Le Gall and Cuvillier collaborate on this 2021 Dutch-language release from Daedalus, and the tagline — "Als de maatschappij je zag als een slachtoffer, zou je dan niet al dood zijn?" ("If society saw you as a victim, wouldn't you already be dead?") — promises a story with real emotional and social weight. This is a beautifully rendered, moody piece of graphic storytelling that deserves a place on any shelf appreciating thoughtful European comics.