Mary Kingsley - La montagne des dieux #[nn]

A Victorian woman in a full black dress, parasol in hand, drifts through a dense, primordial jungle waterway — an image that perfectly captures the spirit of the real-life explorer Mary Kingsley plunging into the unknown. The lush, tangled greens and gnarled vines rendered by Estéban Mathieu and Julien Telo create an atmosphere that feels both beautiful and quietly threatening. Published by Glénat in 2012, this Franco-Belgian album from writers Christian Clot and Guillaume Dorison offers a compelling portrait of a woman utterly at odds with — and utterly undaunted by — her wild surroundings.