Alack Sinner #[nn]

This avant-verlag edition of *Alack Sinner* announces itself with striking confidence: José Muñoz's cover art renders the world-weary detective as a stark black-and-white close-up, a cigarette dangling from his lips, dark tie knotted tight, his heavily lined face looming out of pure black — raw, expressive linework at its most arresting. Muñoz's bold, graphic style strips everything back to essentials, letting the title's red lettering hit like a punch against the darkness. At 49 EUR this 2019 volume is a handsome showcase for one of European comics' most distinctive visual voices.