Thorgal #38

Two figures wade through blood-red waters beneath a crimson sky, flanked by tall poles crowned with monstrous animal skulls — a striking cover image painted by Grzegorz Rosiński that immediately signals danger and dark mythology in equal measure. This 2020 Polish edition brings together writer Yann le Pennetier, co-writer Wojciech Birek, and artist Frédéric Vignaux for "Selkie," a tale whose title conjures the haunting folklore of seal-shapeshifters from northern seas. If the cover's eerie, blood-soaked atmosphere is any indication, this thirty-eighth chapter of the long-running Thorgal saga ventures deep into the wilder, more unsettling corners of its Viking world.