Plankgas #14

The 2021 Dutch-language album 24 Uren van Le Mans — 1999: De clash der titanen captures the raw spectacle of endurance racing in striking fashion: a sleek Mobil 1-liveried prototype goes airborne in a dramatic accident while a red Toyota-style sports racer tears across the foreground, its Venture Safety Net livery vivid against the smoky treeline. Cover artist Christian Papazoglakis stages the scene with real visual tension, the contrast between the grounded, charging racer and the inverted, tumbling car overhead summing up the brutal unpredictability of Le Mans perfectly. With a creative team including writer Laurent-Frédéric Bollée and artists Bad and Robert Paquet, this volume promises an intense look at one of motorsport's most fiercely contested years.