Amour Placebo

A beguilingly brief two-issue series from Éditions Akata, Amour Placebo (2023–present) explores the fragile boundaries between genuine emotion and manufactured affection in a near-future setting. The story follows a relationship therapist who prescribes a controversial new drug meant to simulate romantic attachment, only to find her own carefully controlled life unraveling as the placebo effect takes on a life of its own. With its sharp, minimalist storytelling and sleek visual design, the series offers a coolly provocative meditation on love as a chemical transaction. It stands as a striking, if compact, entry in contemporary French comics' fascination with psychological sci-fi.