San Francisco 1906 #1

Set against the smoldering ruins and golden haze of earthquake-ravaged San Francisco, this 2024 Belgian album from Saga Uitgaven opens the Les Trois Judith saga with a hauntingly atmospheric cover by Fabrice Meddour. A young woman with dark, wind-swept hair gazes out from the foreground, her expression quietly resolute, while behind her the devastated cityscape stretches into the distance — crumbled buildings, scattered figures, and the skeletal remnants of a great city trying to breathe again. Writer Damien Marie and the remarkably versatile Meddour, who handles pencils, inks, and colors throughout, promise a richly layered story rooted in one of history's most dramatic urban disasters.