Le Perroquet #[nn]

From Belgian cartoonist Espé, this Glénat release offers a striking visual hook right from the cover: a bold, dark silhouette of a large bird contains within it a quieter, greyscale world — a young boy standing alone in a rural landscape beside a bare tree, a farmhouse visible in the distance. The contrast between the looming exterior form and the delicate interior scene gives Le Perroquet an immediately poetic, slightly melancholic atmosphere that draws you in before you've turned a single page.