Undertaker #2

The cover of Undertaker #2 — "De dans van de gieren" (The Dance of the Vultures) — sets a striking tone for this 2015 Dargaud release, depicting a lone, top-hatted undertaker surrounded by a flock of black vultures perched amid blood-red canyon walls, his rifle at the ready. Ralph Meyer's cover art (with colors by Caroline Delabie) bathes the scene in an ominous crimson that perfectly captures the grim, atmospheric Western mood Xavier Dorison and Meyer bring to this series. If you enjoy morally complex frontier stories with a dark edge, this is one to pick up.