La grande ombre #1

A pale, wide-eyed young woman with short blonde hair crouches against a rough stone block, gazing upward as a luminous white moth takes flight above her — an image that radiates quiet unease and wonder in equal measure. Published by Glénat under their Loge Noire imprint in 2006, this opening volume of La grande ombre announces itself as something atmospheric and distinctive, with Gine's delicate linework lending the scene an almost fairy-tale fragility. If the series opener sets the tone as effectively as this cover suggests, readers are in for something genuinely haunting.