Bellem #[nn]

Servais brings his signature painterly linework to Bellem: Vrije Vlucht, a Belgian album from Dupuis that immediately draws you in with its atmospheric warmth. The cover shows a red-haired girl in a crimson dress and a dark-coated boy rushing hand-in-hand away from a brooding stone castle, while a small winged cherub-like figure hovers in the glowing amber sky above them — urgency and wonder held in perfect tension. Published in 2022, this is the kind of beautifully crafted Franco-Belgian storytelling that reminds you why the medium endures.