Le Bel Âge #2

Merwan's second volume of Le Bel Âge, subtitled Territoire, presents a quietly intense triptych of moments: a young woman perched atop something with a gun nearby, another figure lying in a pink-hued bedroom, and a third absorbed at a cluttered table — three separate, charged instants that together suggest lives unfolding in their own fragile spaces. Published by Dargaud in 2012, this Franco-Belgian album uses a bold, limited palette of teal, pink, and yellow-green to give each scene its own emotional temperature. It's the kind of cover that draws you in through atmosphere rather than spectacle, promising a story attentive to the small, telling details of young adult life.