Reveler At Alain’s Masked Ball # 13 (illustrated by Anna Hybsier)

When Death and Sergei manage to break down the gate to the ruins on one of the islands in the Venice Lagoon, they find themselves in the court of Alain and they are having one of their masked balls.

Dressed in masquerade attire, they walk through the halls of the palace and encounter many revelers along the way.

This man is one of the many people they pass.

Death tells Sergei that this man drowned in a storm.

He appears in the Endless Nights, in Death In Venice, on page 18, in panel 5.

The curly-cue beard and moustache and the pointed chin on this character set it aside as one of my favorites that Anna has done. He has such a fascinating profile and Anna’s interpretation is gorgeous. I love the simplicity of the lines and the color contrast as well.