Soldaat-hovenier: Een liefde tussen hemel en hel #[nn]

Joris Vermassen's Soldaat-hovenier — subtitled "Een liefde tussen hemel en hel" (A Love Between Heaven and Hell) — arrives from Borgerhoff & Lamberigts in 2025 as a beeldroman (graphic novel) with a cover that sets an immediately haunting tone: a winged, angelic figure tenderly cradles a wounded soldier against a dark, swirling void, the pale luminescence of the scene making the embrace feel both otherworldly and deeply human. Vermassen handles writing, pencils, and inks entirely on his own, and that unified vision is already palpable in the cover's delicate linework and atmospheric contrast. If the title's promise of love stretched between heaven and hell is any indication, this is a graphic novel with genuine emotional ambition.