À la dérive #[nn]

Two figures row a small wooden boat through floodwaters beneath the iron arches of the Eiffel Tower, one holding a lantern aloft against the blue twilight — Xavier Coste's painted cover for this 2015 Casterman album immediately evokes a Paris submerged and strangely serene. The loose, atmospheric brushwork gives the scene a dream-like tension, caught somewhere between adventure and quiet dread. A striking visual premise from the very first glance.