Did the presence of magic in WandaVision intrigue you? How about following a tattooed magician sisterhood? Delcourt comics invites you to join the magic circle of the Marqués.
Magic on the edge of your skin
A fire devours the rooms of an apartment while a woman with black pupils with a tattoo of a burning phoenix is on her knees. Here are the intriguing first pages of Marqués, the new release of Delcourt comics. This young woman is an artist who has just been chosen to be part of the Marqués. This group uses very carnal magic: magic tattoos or glyphs reveal the underlying talents of each. Each new drawing on the body brings power. The narrative can also be realistic because the group's wealth comes from allies who manipulate stock market probabilities. 
The reader is first captivated by Brian Haberlin's very realistic drawing. While skin and tattoos are at the heart of the plot, he manages to offer dense and very varied materials through digital colorization. The layout effectively serves the narrative. Particular attention has been paid to the outfits of the characters who seem to come out of fashion magazines. However, this perfection sometimes serves the narrative during fights for example. The very varied colors are also just in nocturnal atmospheres or in broad daylight.
A Women's Story
Marked follows a secret society of magicians who protect humans from darkness. Always hidden, they have always intervened at key moments in history. In their lair, the famous Vitruvian Man is a woman. The members represent different figures of magic – Kismet and Dahlia are two indigenous American shamans – or geek culture – Liza is a carefree teenager, almost a fan of K-pop. The latter is an avant-garde who modernizes magic with printed circuit board tattoos. Moreover, even if the marked are a mixed society, the opponents are mostly men. The US army is indeed mounting the Stargate project. They recruit witches in an effort to understand the paranormal and use it to kill. The general in charge of this group has no respect for human life and goes so far as to use his own soldiers as guinea pigs. This government project is linked to Nazis whose science is reused. We then feel the inspiration of Hellboy. Alas, the scenario does not make a link with the news of far-right populism. David Hine and Brian Haberlin are however far from being Manichean because jealousy between girls cracks the Marqués. Liza's experiments are rejected by more experienced magicians because technology makes magic unstable and dangerous. The situation became more critical by the foreign interventions of the army and then a witch police. Faced with this threat unseen since 1945, the director beats the recall of the Marqués and the last episode ends with an epic battle in group, family. 
A story about art
It was because cartoonist Saskia saw the hidden meaning of an image on a flyer distributed in a bar that she was recruited by the Marqués. Inspired, she sees the phoenix hidden behind a portrait of a woman. This artistic talent allowed her to enter what she believed to be a drawing school. Later in the story, a magical gift allows him to see behind doors, clothes, and even on the other side of the United States. Screenwriter David Hine pays tribute to illustrious artists. The doorman of the Marqués is named Lovecraft and looks like the butler of the Adams family. Further on, we can spot nods to Indiana Jones and Stargate. Marqués is a dive into an original perception of occultism while a covent is threatened. Feminist and tattooed, this narrative behind dark colors is actually positive. It values solidarity because rejection leads to making the wrong decisions and ignoring basic rules. This first volume can be read in one volume even if the sequel arrives. If you are a fan of magic, we recommend our file on Doctor Strange or discover the next releases of April at Delcourt.
