Avis d'orage en fin de journée #[nn]

Christian Rosset's *Avis d'orage en fin de journée* arrives from L'Association with a cover as spare and striking as the work itself — a deep, saturated blue field bearing only the title, the subtitle *hantologie*, and the publisher's distinctive octopus emblem. The minimalist design, letting color and typography do all the work, feels entirely at home in L'Association's tradition of thoughtful, design-conscious French comics publishing. A quietly compelling object from 2008, this "hantologie" promises something ruminative and a little haunted.