La Peau de l'ours #1

A revolver barrel pointed straight at the reader — rendered in moody, close-cropped detail by Oriol and Zidrou — sets an immediate, unsettling tone for this 2012 Dargaud opener. The composition is spare but visceral: a tense hand gripping the weapon, warm amber tones bleeding into shadow, and nothing else to soften the confrontation. La Peau de l'ours announces itself as a thriller with nerve from its very first page.