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Pascal Girard's Conventum captures that particular mix of nostalgia and social anxiety that comes with reunions — here rendered in warm amber tones as a bespectacled young man in a striped shirt clutches his drink and gazes upward, seemingly adrift in a packed, festive crowd beneath cheerful yellow-and-black banner lettering. Every surrounding face belongs to someone chatting, laughing, or holding a bottle, making the central figure's quiet unease feel instantly relatable. Published by La Pastèque in 2018, this is slice-of-life cartooning with genuine heart and a wonderfully observant eye for the awkward comedy of belonging.