Samoerai #3

The cover of this third volume in the Samoerai series makes an immediate impression: a fearsome warrior clad in layered armor and wild animal furs looms large against billowing dark banners, his face concealed behind an elaborate skeletal mask adorned with curved fangs and ornate golden fittings, a katana raised in one hand and a spear gripped in the other. It's a genuinely striking image, rendered with brooding intensity by Frédéric Genêt, whose detailed linework gives the figure a savage, almost mythic weight. With Jean-François Di Giorgio crafting the story under the title "De Dertiende Profeet," this 2009 Dutch-language edition from Daedalus promises dark intrigue wrapped in the rich visual language of feudal warfare.