Médée #4

The fourth and final volume of this French graphic novel series brings the myth of Medea to a visceral conclusion, subtitled La Chair et le Sang — "The Flesh and the Blood." Nancy Peña and Blandine Le Callet's adaptation reaches its dark crescendo here, as the cover presents Medea herself: white-robed and blood-splattered, a knife in hand and a golden serpent coiled around her body, her expression a striking blend of resolve and sorrow against an ornate mythological backdrop. It's a beautifully rendered, unflinching image that captures the tragic weight of one of antiquity's most complex heroines.