Le bestiaire du crépuscule #[nn]

From Dupuis' Aire Libre imprint comes this striking graphic work by Daria Schmitt, whose cover immediately signals something wonderfully strange: a lone, small figure in a skeletal costume stands on a twilight path, dwarfed by enormous, vividly pink fish that drift through bare, tangled trees as if the boundary between sea and forest has simply dissolved. The contrast between the lush, chromatic creatures and the intricate grey-ink landscape gives the image a haunting, dreamlike atmosphere that feels equal parts fairy tale and fever dream. For readers drawn to dark fantasy with a genuinely distinctive visual voice, this 2022 Aire Libre release looks like an unmissable treat.