Extrême Orient #1

Franck Bourgeron launches Extrême Orient with this striking first volume, Li Fuzhi, published by Vents d'Ouest in 2004. The cover draws you in immediately: a solitary, contemplative figure with a distinctive shaved-stripe hairstyle stands in the foreground, hands clasped, while behind him a crowd marches beneath red flags emblazoned with stars — evoking the charged atmosphere of revolutionary China. It's a quietly intense image that promises a story steeped in history, identity, and the weight of collective ideology.