Chaplin #1

A striking blue-toned cover sets the mood for this French-language graphic novel, showing a bowler-hatted Charlie Chaplin figure mid-stride atop the torch of the Statue of Liberty, cane in hand and the New York harbor stretching out below him. Laurent Seksik and David François bring the Little Tramp's American journey to the bande dessinée format with obvious ambition and visual flair. Published by Rue de Sèvres in 2019, it's a compelling invitation to revisit one of cinema's most fascinating lives through the expressive language of comics.