Charles de Gaulle #2

This second volume in Bamboo Édition's biographical series brings writer Jean-Yves Le Naour and artist Claude Plumail together for a portrait of Charles de Gaulle during the turbulent years of 1939–1940 — subtitled L'homme qui a dit non ("The Man Who Said No"). Plumail's cover art presents de Gaulle in military uniform, resolute and commanding in the foreground, while a tank rumbles through a smoke-filled battlefield behind him, capturing the weight of a soldier caught between war and defiance. Published in 2016, it's a compelling entry point into one of history's most consequential figures, rendered with the careful, grounded linework that defines this series.