Papier #5

Published by Delcourt in 2015, this fifth issue of Papier sports a cover that's equal parts comedic and oddly tense — a heavyset man in a yellow outfit crouches mid-throw on a sun-baked pétanque court, his face twisted in fierce concentration, while a younger companion in a white shirt watches on with quiet calm. The scattered metal boules and lone red cochonnet on the dusty red ground set the scene perfectly, grounding the anthology's eclectic spirit in something refreshingly everyday.