Playback: A Graphic Novel

In 2006, Arcade Publishing released this singular graphic novel, a noir-tinged experiment that adapts a Raymond Chandler story through the distinctive, minimalist linework of artist François Ayroles. Writer Ted Benoît joins Chandler in translating the hardboiled prose into a stark visual language, creating a tight, atmospheric one-shot that stands as a unique literary-comics hybrid. It matters as a thoughtful, European-influenced take on a classic American crime writer.