Pline #11

The eleventh volume of Pline arrives from Casterman with a cover that feels almost like a page torn from an ancient natural history manuscript — a densely engraved tableau of wildlife, from a great stag beetle and hovering insects to a bear and deer moving through a wooded landscape, all rendered in striking monochrome. Subtitled Une Jeunesse Romaine, the series by Mari Yamazaki and Tori Miki continues its beautifully researched journey through the Roman world, and this 2022 entry wraps its storytelling in cover art that evokes the encyclopedic wonder of Pliny the Elder's own Naturalis Historia. A genuinely distinctive manga series that wears its classical inspirations with real artistry.