Le Chant des Malpas #[nn]

A swirl of autumn leaves sets a haunting, melancholic mood on this Dargaud release from Boisserie & Bara — a dark-haired young woman rushes forward in distress across a barren hillside while a hunched, weathered figure looms in the background. The warm ochre landscape and those scattered crimson leaves give Le Chant des Malpas an immediate atmosphere of urgency and unease, the kind of rural tension that French-language comics handle so beautifully. A compelling 2006 addition to any bande dessinée collection.