Terra Doloris #[nn]

From Glénat, this 2018 French-language album brings together the creative team of Le Bollée and Philippe Nicloux for Terra Doloris, and the cover alone makes a compelling case for diving in. Philippe Nicloux's painterly artwork sweeps across a dramatic seascape — a small, crowded vessel battles towering ocean waves in the upper half, while two solitary figures, a woman and a child, stand at the water's edge on a windswept shore below. The juxtaposition of those distant figures against the churning sea carries real emotional weight, suggesting separation, longing, and the vast indifference of nature.