American Parano #2

The second volume of Bourhis and Varela's *American Parano* wraps up the "Black House" arc with a cover that oozes late-1960s American unease — a red-haired woman in a trench coat stands alone on a neon-drenched city street, police cruisers nearby and a monstrous horned silhouette looming ominously against a blood-red sky above the rooftops. The period detail is striking: theater marquees advertising *The Graduate*, a Greyhound bus stop, and the flickering glow of hotel signs and midnight shows paint a city that feels both vivid and deeply threatening. Published by Dupuis in 2024, this is stylish, paranoid noir that rewards anyone drawn to conspiracy-soaked stories set against the crumbling optimism of mid-century America.