Aâma #2

Frederik Peeters's science-fiction series continues with "La multitude invisible," the second volume of Aâma, winner of the Fauve d'Angoulême 2013 Prix de la Série. The cover pulls you into an alien landscape where a robed figure and a chimpanzee navigate a forest of strange, bulbous plants with long sinuous stems — Peeters's linework and muted, atmospheric color palette making the world feel simultaneously lush and quietly unsettling. It's a beautifully composed invitation into one of 2012's most visually distinctive Franco-Belgian science-fiction works.