Moeder Amerika #1

Maël and Kris open their Dutch-language series Moeder Amerika with "De winter ontvluchten" ("Fleeing the Winter"), and the cover immediately sets a haunting, atmospheric tone. Two figures dominate the composition — a young soldier in a weathered military coat and a stern, suited man — rendered in Maël's delicate watercolor-influenced linework against a bleak, wintry landscape, while a ship runs aground near a glowing horizon below them. Published by Daedalus in 2018, this Belgian album promises a story rooted in hardship, displacement, and the uneasy passage between worlds.