De man zonder lach #[nn]

A man in an olive coat plummets vertiginously above a sprawling Art Deco cityscape, while dirigibles drift ominously through the amber sky around him — it's a striking opening image for this 2022 Belgian graphic novel from Saga Uitgaven. Writer Stéphane Louis and artist Stéphane Hirlemann (with colors by Véra Daviet) set a confident visual tone right from the cover, blending retrofuturist atmosphere with pulse-quickening tension. If you're drawn to stylish, world-building adventures with a cinematic sense of vertigo, De man zonder lach looks like a very promising read.