The Route 66 List #2

The second chapter of Éric Stalner's The Route 66 List arrives with a cover that sets an immediately unsettling tone: a hard-faced man in a suit and bow tie stands in driving rain, a red clown nose incongruously fixed to his face as he grips a shotgun with quiet menace. That collision of the sinister and the absurd — rain-slicked streets, a lurking figure half-lit in the dark — promises a story with plenty of shadows along the road through Missouri. Stalner's cover art draws you in with its moody noir atmosphere, making this 2020 Cinebook release a compelling pick for fans of crime-tinged European graphic storytelling.