Metropolitan #3

The third volume of Bonneau's Metropolitan series arrives with a striking close-up cover — a weathered, middle-aged man bathed in deep crimson tones, his expression taut with unease beneath the subtitle Cendres (Ashes). The stark, painterly composition immediately signals that this chapter carries real dramatic weight, with color and shadow doing as much storytelling as any panel inside. Published by Dargaud in 2011, this is moody, adult-oriented Franco-Belgian comics work at its most atmospheric.