Elise and the New Partisans

In Elise and the New Partisans, writer Fabien Nury and artist Sylvain Vallée transport readers to 1960s France, where a young woman named Elise becomes entangled with a secret network of former Resistance fighters plotting a radical act of political sabotage. Published by Fantagraphics in 2024, this single-issue comic explores the lingering shadows of World War II and the birth of a new generation's activism. With its taut, historical thriller approach, the series marks a sharp, character-driven entry in modern European graphic fiction.