L'esprit rouge #[nn]

A striking collaboration between Zéphir and Maximilien Le Roy, L'Esprit Rouge invites readers into "Antonin Artaud, un voyage mexicain" — a journey that feels atmospheric and deeply felt from the very first glance. The cover pairs a brooding, storm-drenched lower half — a lone figure crossing a vast, rain-swept landscape beneath turbulent skies — with a triptych of painterly vignettes above, depicting shadowy masked figures, solitary wanderers, and groups of indigenous people rendered in loose, expressive brushwork. Published by Futuropolis in 2016, this Franco-Belgian album promises the kind of visually immersive, literary comics that make you slow down and look twice.