Sois Vicieux #[nn]

Published by Glénat under their Le Marquis imprint in 1991, Sois Vicieux is a French adult album from Schultheiss that makes an immediate impression. The cover renders two entwined figures — a disheveled woman in a red dress and a pale, languid male figure — bathed in cold blue-green light against an industrial or architectural backdrop, the painterly style giving the scene a haunting, dream-like intensity. At 120 FRF, this hardcover album stands as a striking example of the mature European bande dessinée aesthetic that Glénat championed during this period.