Namibia #2

The cover of this second episode from Dargaud's Namibia says everything about the tone of the series: a determined young woman clings to a twisted, bare-branched tree, pistol raised, while enormous ants swarm the branches all around her — a striking image that balances human grit against an overwhelming natural threat. Bertrand Marchal's cover work is vivid and tense, rendered against a blood-red sky that makes every figure pop with quiet urgency. With writing from the team of Leo and Rodolphe behind it, this 2010 French-language adventure looks like a gripping ride through a world where survival is anything but guaranteed.