Au nom du fils #2

The cover of this 2012 Futuropolis album says everything with quiet restraint: a broad-shouldered man, backpack slung over his shoulder, gazes across a sun-bleached beach toward a small wooden boat where a child sits waiting — the distance between them charged with unspoken meaning. Clément Belin and Serge Perrotin bring Au nom du fils (Ciudad Perdida) to its conclusion in this second and final volume, promising the resolution of a journey that is clearly as much emotional as it is geographical. A thoughtful, human-scaled story that trusts its imagery to speak before a single page is turned.