Ombres #6

The sixth volume of Glénat's Ombres series arrives in 2003 with "Le Crâne II," the haunting continuation of this Franco-Belgian thriller. Lucien Rollin's cover is a study in unsettling elegance — a pale, damaged face with closed eyes floats serenely amid flowing hair, while a dark shadowy bird form cuts across the lower portion of the composition against a stark white background. Writer Jean Dufaux and artist Rollin, with colors by Jean-Jacques Chagnaud, bring their distinctive atmospheric sensibility to what promises to be another deeply moody chapter in this shadowy saga.