Mexicana #3

The third volume of Mexicana closes out this gritty French-language series from writers Mars & Matz and artist Mezzomo with a cover that says everything about the stakes: a woman levels a shotgun with fierce resolve while a man and a child press close behind her, the three of them bathed in the amber dust of an unforgiving landscape. Mezzomo's linework is confident and expressive, wringing real tension and tenderness from the tight grouping of these three figures standing their ground together. Published by Glénat in 2014, this final tome looks like a fitting, hard-edged conclusion to a series that never flinched from the human cost of its story.