Faits divers #1

Anouk Ricard's Faits Divers arrives from Éditions Cornélius with a cover that pops off the page in vivid yellow — a horse-headed figure in blue aims a weapon toward a dog-headed character mid-stride, while a curly-haired bird-woman carrying groceries walks nearby, all rendered in Ricard's appealingly simple, cartoonish style. The scene has the deadpan absurdity of everyday life gone slightly sideways, which feels entirely at home in the "faits divers" tradition of odd, small news stories. A charming and quietly funny entry from one of French alternative comics' most distinctive voices.