Alban #3

A robed figure clutching a cross faces a cauldron surrounded by a grotesque crowd of gnarled, wild-eyed characters in a dimly lit stone chamber — it's a cover that drips with medieval atmosphere and dark humor in equal measure. Fourquemin, Dietr, and Voillat deliver a richly detailed scene that feels pulled straight from some forgotten illuminated manuscript gone wonderfully wrong. The third volume in the *Alban* series from Éditions Le Téméraire, this 1999 hardcover is a treat for fans of European bande dessinée with a taste for the eerie and the eccentric.