Dakota #2

The second volume of Dufaux and Adamov's Dakota opens on a haunting image: a blonde woman crouched on a stone floor behind iron bars, her hand resting on a spotted animal hide, surrounded by gnarled, organic-looking walls that blur the line between dungeon and living creature. Adamov's atmospheric cover art gives the scene a quiet, unsettling tension — the solitary egg-shaped vessel glowing nearby only deepens the mystery. Published by Glénat in 2016, this Franco-Belgian series clearly isn't afraid to mix the feral with the fantastique.