Ciel de guerre

In this taut, four-issue French comic series from Editions Paquet, Ciel de guerre (2014–2016) plunges readers into the aerial battles of World War I, focusing on the pilots and their fragile machines in the skies above the trenches. The series is distinguished by its meticulous period detail and the expressive, painterly art of its primary creator, who also writes the story. It matters as a compact, visceral war drama that eschews heroics for the grim, claustrophobic reality of early combat aviation.