Seuls #13

Volume 13 of Gazzotti and Vehlmann's beloved Seuls series arrives subtitled Les âmes tigrées, and the cover sets a quietly haunting tone: a young girl in a flowing white dress with a pink sash stands small against a dark sky filled with a swarm of white butterflies, while a wide-eyed boy looms large in the foreground, his expression a mix of wariness and wonder. The stark contrast between the bright, fairytale-dressed girl and the dissolving cloud of butterfly silhouettes above her gives the image a dreamlike, slightly melancholy beauty that the series does so well. If 2021 is a good time to be following this French-language adventure, Seuls #13 makes a compelling case for why this creative duo continues to captivate readers album after album.