Shi #1

A striking opening to Zidrou and José Homs's Franco-Belgian series, this 2017 Dargaud album plunges readers into a moody, gaslit urban world with its subtitle "Au Commencement Était la Colère..." — "In the Beginning Was Rage." Homs's cover artwork sets an immediate tone of danger and urgency, depicting a woman leaping dramatically from a rooftop balcony above a narrow cobblestone street while a darkly dressed figure and a galloping horse-drawn carriage thunder through the shadowy alley below. The kanji 死 ("death") looming above the title signals that this story won't be pulling any punches.