Entre ici et ailleurs #[nn]

Vanyda's Entre ici et ailleurs from Dargaud carries an immediately compelling tension right on its cover: a young man reaches out urgently toward a young woman who rides away on a scooter, a passenger behind her, against a softly watercolored cityscape in moody purples and grays. The restrained, elegant linework and muted palette give the scene a quiet emotional weight that feels very much at home in French contemporary graphic novels of 2016. If stories about distance, connection, and the pull between where you are and where you belong resonate with you, this one looks like a beautifully considered place to start.