Le droit du sol - Journal d'un vertige #[nn]

The cover of this 2021 Futuropolis release sets a quietly contemplative tone — a lone hiker, pack on their back, walks across a vast, open highland landscape rendered in warm sepia tones by Étienne Davodeau. The subtitle Journal d'un vertige ("Journal of a Vertigo") promises something personal and reflective, and the cover text hints at a journey that connects two distant places — the prehistoric cave paintings of Pech Merle in the Lot and a nuclear waste burial project in Bure, on the Meuse — threading them together through walking. Davodeau's signature blend of documentary intimacy and thoughtful visual storytelling feels right at home here, making this one of the more intriguing graphic works Futuropolis brought to readers in 2021.