Thorgal #19

Two riders on horseback advance along a narrow rocky ridge toward an unseen destination, while below them a dense mass of anguished, ghostly faces emerges from the earth — a haunting image that sets an atmosphere of dread and mystery for "De onzichtbare vesting." Grzegorz Rosiński's cover art is quietly spectacular, pairing the bold simplicity of the two mounted figures against that surging crowd of faces to create an immediate sense of something vast and threatening lurking beneath the surface. Jean Van Hamme and Rosiński's nineteenth Thorgal adventure, published by Le Lombard in 2004, promises the atmospheric storytelling that has made this Belgian series so enduringly compelling.