Kraa #2

From Benoît Sokal comes this striking 2012 Casterman album, the second volume in the Kraa series — subtitled L'Ombre de l'Aigle ("The Shadow of the Eagle"). The cover says everything about the bond at the heart of this story: a dark-haired young figure in tattered red clothing is lifted into the air, gripped by the talons of a massive, magnificently spread eagle dominating the sky above. Sokal's artwork captures both the wild power of the great bird and the vulnerable daring of the human beneath its wings, making this a compelling continuation of a series rooted in adventure and the untamed natural world.