Les Rêves de Milton #[nn]

A weathered man strides forward along a dusty rural road, head bowed under some unspoken weight, while a small group of figures — men, women, and children — trails behind him through a sparse, fading landscape. The muted watercolor palette of this Dupuis Aire Libre graphic novel gives the scene a quiet, melancholy beauty that immediately signals something deeply human at its heart. Created by Mael, Fejard, and Ricard, Les Rêves de Milton presents itself in 2011 as exactly the kind of thoughtful, literary bande dessinée that the Aire Libre imprint does so well.