Dantès #2

The second volume of this French graphic novel series finds its protagonist trapped behind bars, his weary, bearded face pressed against a cell door in a quietly devastating image that speaks volumes about confinement and endurance. Six Années en Enfer — "Six Years in Hell" — promises a story steeped in injustice and survival, with Boisserie, Guillaume, and Juszezak crafting a cover that feels intimate and unsettling in equal measure. Published by Dargaud in 2008, this album continues what looks to be a compelling modern riff on one of literature's great tales of wrongful imprisonment and eventual reckoning.