Porcelaine #2

Two elegantly dressed figures — a young man in a gold-trimmed military jacket and a dark-haired woman in austere grey — stand at the center of this Art Nouveau–framed cover, flanked by haunting inset portraits of pale, porcelain-faced beings. The lush green palette and flowing decorative borders give the whole composition a quietly eerie, fairy-tale sophistication that sets Femme apart as a beautifully crafted second volume. Benjamin Read and Chris Wildgoose bring a striking visual sensibility to this 2016 Delcourt release that rewards a careful look before you've even turned a page.