Peau d'âne #[nn]

Baudoin's atmospheric adaptation of Charles Perrault's beloved fairy tale arrives through Gallimard's Fétiche imprint, and the cover alone signals something hauntingly beautiful. A lone rider on horseback gallops across a bleak, wintry landscape, dwarfed by the looming silhouette of a massive dark creature with a single glowing red eye — rendered in moody watercolor washes of teal, grey, and black that feel both dreamlike and unsettling. For fans of literary fairy tales reimagined through the graphic novel form, this 2010 release looks like a genuinely compelling work of visual storytelling.