Face au mur #2

The second volume of Face au mur from Casterman arrives with an arresting cover by Laurent Astier — a close-up of a man's weathered, tightly set face rendered in stark, shadowed linework against a muted yellow backdrop that radiates quiet tension. Astier, who also writes and illustrates the interior pages alongside co-writer Jean-Claude Pautot, brings an unflinching graphic intensity to this 2018 French-language series. If the mood of that cover face is any indication, this is crime or thriller storytelling with real psychological weight behind it.