Barres et pavillons #[nn]

Julien Revenu's Barres et Pavillons: Chroniques du 93 offers a ground-level portrait of the Seine-Saint-Denis suburbs, and the cover sets the tone beautifully — a sketchbook-toting figure stands in the foreground of a spare, teal-tinted streetscape, while tower blocks and low-rise housing stretch behind a passerby mid-stroll. Published by Warum in 2018, this slice-of-life bande dessinée trades in the everyday rhythms of a neighborhood often reduced to headlines, rendered here with quiet, observant warmth.