Empire #2

The second volume of Pécau, Kordey, and Chuckry's Empire carries the evocative subtitle "Lady Shelley," and the cover sets a striking tone: a tall, imperious figure in Napoleonic military dress stands alongside a smaller companion, both posed against a looming, otherworldly relief of monstrous faces rendered in deep cerulean blue. Kordey's artwork blends the grandeur of early-19th-century Europe with something distinctly stranger lurking at the edges. Published by Delcourt in 2007, this is a series that wears its ambition boldly.