Totendom #2

The brooding cover of Totendom Acte II sets an unmistakably dark, medieval tone — a shadowed armored figure looms in close-up, gauntleted hands clasped with quiet menace, while crimson and black banners billow dramatically behind him. Published by Les Humanoïdes Associés in 2007, this second act of the series by Robin Recht and Gabriel Delmas promises a continuation of grim, atmospheric storytelling steeped in a world where chivalry and dread walk hand in hand. If the cover's oppressive tension is any indication, this is European comics darkness at its most painterly and assured.