Raj #3

The third chapter of Dargaud's Raj series arrives with a cover that pulls you straight into its atmospheric world: a young Western man looks on with unease as a multi-armed skeletal deity — unmistakably evocative of a Kali-like figure — looms at the center, one hand cradling a flame, while a dark-haired woman in a red sari stands quietly at its side. The warm ochre tones and gnarled trees framing the scene give it a dreamy, unsettling quality that perfectly suits the series' blend of colonial-era adventure and South Asian mysticism. Subtitled Ayesha, this 2009 installment from Conrad and Wilbur promises an intriguing collision of cultures, beliefs, and perhaps something altogether supernatural.