Shanghai dream #2

The second and concluding volume of Shanghai Dream — "Aandenken aan Illo" — arrives with a cover by Jorge Miguel that immediately captures the story's wartime emotional weight. A man and woman embrace tenderly at the center of the scene, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers in a dusty compound enclosed by barbed wire, while armed soldiers patrol nearby and a formation of military aircraft fills the sky overhead. Writer Philippe Thirault and artist Jorge Miguel bring this era of upheaval and longing to a close with a book whose cover alone speaks volumes about hope under siege.