Servitude #5

The cover of Servitude Book V — "Shalin (Eerste deel)" — is a striking, restrained composition: a bare-backed figure, scarred and holding a long staff topped with an ornate helmet, stands with quiet dignity against a hazy, war-torn horizon. The intricate network of scars across his skin tells a story of survival and hardship without a single word. Bourgier and David's 2018 series continues to impress with this fifth volume, and Eric Bourgier's cover art — rendered in muted, sepia-tinged tones — sets a mood that is equal parts solemn and compelling.