Rosko #2

The cover of Rosko #2 — Les enfants de Marie — pulls no punches: a bloodied, restrained man is seized by powerful, blue-tinted hands, all rendered in a tense, close-quarters composition by Kisspredilov that radiates menace. Writer Zidrou and artist Kisspredilov deliver a crime series with real grit, and this 2017 Delcourt release makes it clear the stakes for Rosko are viscerally, uncomfortably high. If you're drawn to hard-edged European crime bande dessinée, this second volume looks like a gripping next chapter.