Garrigue #1

The cover of Garrigue sets a quietly unsettling mood — a close-cropped, weathered face looms large above a sun-baked limestone landscape of pale cliffs and a lone farmstead, painted in warm ochres and burnt siennas that evoke the dry scrubland of southern France. The tagline "Personne n'est à l'abri d'une mauvaise rencontre…" ("No one is safe from a bad encounter…") promises something tense simmering beneath that deceptively tranquil countryside. Published by Dargaud in 2008, this collaboration between Corbeyran and Berlion opens what looks to be a gripping rural thriller soaked in atmosphere and dread.