Histoires d'en ville #3

The third installment of Berlion's Histoires d'en Ville — subtitled Rochecardon III — opens with a quietly tense cover: a lone man in a tan jacket stands on a sun-bleached lot, a gun held loosely at his side, the stark industrial backdrop giving the scene an arid, unsettled mood. Berlion's artwork strikes a confident balance between gritty realism and understated drama, letting the open space and the figure's cool composure do all the talking. Published by Glénat in 2002, this French bande dessinée series continues to deliver street-level tension with a distinctly European sensibility.