Beauté noire et le groupe Prospéro #2

A sun-drenched North African streetscape sets the mood for this second volume from Simsolo, Nicloux, and Balez — Les Cruels opens with a striking cover that places a determined woman in an orange dress front and center, while two silhouetted figures loom in a luminous alleyway behind her, palm trees and a minaret framing the scene. Balez's cover art balances warmth and menace beautifully, with a graphic palette of burnt orange and shadowy blues that feels both cinematic and distinctly stylish. Glénat's Beauté Noire et le groupe Prospéro continues to look like one of the most visually arresting French thriller series of 2019.