Soda #3

The third volume of Soda drops its collar-wearing, sunglasses-sporting protagonist right into a shooting range — a large pistol in hand, bullet-riddled target paper hanging behind him — making it immediately clear this is no ordinary man of the cloth. Titled "Ein Priester in New York," the cover art by Bruno Gazzotti presents a priest who looks equally at home at the altar and the firing line, that quiet tension between faith and firepower written all over the image. Published in 2000 by Salleck Publications, this German-language edition is a stylish entry point into one of European comics' more intriguing double-life concepts.