Abaddon #1

Koren Shadmi's *Abaddon* opens with a cover as quietly unsettling as the title suggests — a vast, hand-rendered apartment building facade stretches across the entire image, its countless darkened windows rendered in muted teal and deep crimson, with a single room glowing faintly pink amid the uniform gloom. That solitary lit window amid so many dark ones sets an immediately atmospheric tone, evoking isolation and the uneasy weight of urban anonymity. Published by Ici Même Editions in 2013, this is a striking introduction to Shadmi's distinctive draftsmanship and his eye for the eerie poetry of modern life.