Télémaque #2

The second volume of Kid Toussaint and Kenny Ruiz's vibrant series brings the subtitle Aux Portes de l'Enfer — "At the Gates of Hell" — and the cover delivers on that promise with a group of young, distinctly designed heroes surging forward through a jagged landscape of ice-blue crystals, while a massive, shadowy creature looms ominously behind them. Among the team you can spot a small woolly creature at the fore, adding an unexpectedly charming touch to the otherwise tense scene. Published by Dupuis in 2019, this Franco-Belgian adventure series wears its mythology-meets-modern-fantasy sensibility proudly, and this installment looks to push its cast right to the edge of something formidable.