Arrêt de jeu #[nn]

A tense, noir-tinged thriller from Matz and Lem, Arrêt de jeu opens with a brooding driver gripping the wheel, his hard gaze caught in the rearview mirror — a man clearly heading somewhere dangerous. Above him, a strip of vignettes frames the story's volatile world: a bearded figure, a footballer on the pitch, a woman in a confident stance, and a hand leveling a gun directly at the viewer. Published by Casterman in 2018, this is exactly the kind of sharp, stylish crime comics that French-language bande dessinée does so well.