Vasco #19

A towering skeleton looms over a crowd of medieval figures on Gilles Chaillet's striking cover for this nineteenth chapter in the long-running Vasco series — an image that perfectly captures the album's title, Les ombres du passé (Shadows of the Past). The assembled men and women, rendered in Chaillet's detailed ligne claire-influenced style, seem caught between unease and awe beneath the ominous specter. Published by Le Lombard in 2001, this installment reunites the creative team of Chaillet and Christophe Ansar for what promises to be a haunting journey through history's darker corridors.