14-18 #2

A group of French infantrymen in their distinctive horizon-blue uniforms and képi caps gather beneath the trees on Étienne Le Roux's cover — some standing, some seated, their expressions carrying the weight of men who know hard days lie ahead. This second volume of Corbeyran and Le Roux's World War I series, "Les chemins de l'enfer (septembre 1914)," plunges into the brutal early weeks of the conflict through the eyes of ordinary soldiers. Delcourt's 2014 series continues to feel like a thoughtful, human-scaled portrait of the Great War.