Ils étaient dix #[nn]

Based on Agatha Christie's celebrated novel, this French-language graphic adaptation — Ils étaient dix — arrives from Éditions Paquet with a cover that says everything with quiet dread: nine upright toy soldier figurines stand arranged on a silver platter, while a tenth lies shattered and fallen among the pieces. Pascal Danoz and Calliste bring Christie's masterwork of mounting tension to the comics page, and even before you open the cover, that broken soldier speaks volumes about what awaits the characters inside. A beautifully understated piece of visual storytelling from 2020 that earns its place on any shelf.