Mary - Par une nuit de novembre #[nn]

A haunting image dominates this 2005 Glénat album: a towering, grey-skinned figure tenderly cradling a pale, limp young woman with flowing blonde hair, the two figures set against a background of handwritten script that evokes the manuscript origins of Mary Shelley's famous tale. Étienne Schréder's clean, expressive linework gives the scene a melancholy intimacy — more elegy than horror — perfectly suited to a story told on a November night. A thoughtful and visually striking entry in Glénat's catalogue of literary-inspired bande dessinée.