Une bien belle nuance de rouge #1

The opening chapter of Une bien belle nuance de rouge announces itself with striking visual confidence: Mauricet's cover presents a young woman in glasses, a wine-red jacket, and a striped scarf, her dark hair whipping around her as she stands framed within an enormous, ornately decorated pair of red lips — with a lone, cloaked figure visible in the snowy scene reflected within. Published by Bamboo Édition in 2012, this first volume, subtitled Garance, pairs gothic atmosphere with an almost fairy-tale intimacy, the deep crimson palette doing a lot of expressive heavy lifting. It's an arresting introduction to what promises to be a richly styled series.