Serum #[nn]

A brooding, bearded man stands at the center of this striking Delcourt release, hemmed in by looming brutalist tower blocks under a murky yellow-grey sky — small leaf-like shapes drifting around him in an atmosphere thick with unease. The muted, cold palette and stark linework by Pedrosa and Gaignard give the cover a quietly suffocating weight that pulls you in immediately. Serum announces itself as the kind of grounded, unsettling graphic novel that lingers well after you've closed the cover.