Trees #1

The cover of this French-language Urban Comics edition says everything without saying a word: a city skyline rises against a blood-red sky, its roots twisting downward to form a vast, unmistakable skull — a quietly chilling image that sets the tone for Warren Ellis and Jason Howard's sci-fi series perfectly. That collision of the urban and the ominous, civilization perched atop something deeply unsettling, makes this 2015 edition of Trees Vol. 1 — subtitled En Pleine Ombre — hard to put down before you've even opened it. A striking package for readers drawn to thoughtful, atmospheric science fiction.