Le Maître d'armes #[nn]

A lone swordsman trudges through a snow-blanketed winter forest, his bloodied blade raised and coat torn — the cover of this 2015 Dargaud release immediately communicates both hardship and fierce resolve. Writer Xavier Dorison and artist Joës Parnotte collaborate on Le Maître d'armes, and Parnotte's muted, wintry palette gives the work a brooding, painterly atmosphere that pulls you straight into its cold, unforgiving world.