Schemerwoude #12

The twelfth chapter of Hermann and Yves H.'s long-running Schemerwoude series arrives with a quietly breathtaking cover: a young man — Rodrigo, presumably — tumbles or soars through a star-scattered blue sky, his colorful clothing catching the light against a backdrop of arched, striped stonework that seems to dissolve into the void around him. Hermann's draftsmanship gives the image a dreamy, weightless tension that perfectly suits this Belgian fantasy series, and 2001 finds the collaboration between father and son at a visually confident peak.