Shahidas #1

The cover of this 2009 French-language album from Bamboo Édition makes an immediate impression: a lone man in civilian clothes stands amid a vast congregation of women in white hijabs, their rows stretching deep into an ornate mosque interior. The contrast between that solitary, dark-clad figure and the sea of white-robed figures around him charges the image with quiet tension. Shahidas – Le Fruit du mensonge (Tome 1), crafted by Galandon and Volante, opens what looks to be a gripping, atmospherically rich series rooted in questions of faith, identity, and hidden truths.