Flight of the Raven #[nn]
"Flight of the Raven" is a gripping wartime tale from 2016, written and illustrated by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, whose distinctive art brings the shadowed rooftops of Paris to life. As Jeanne, a resistance helper, flees arrest with Francois, a cunning thief, their desperate escape during an air raid sets the stage for a tense, intimate journey across the city’s skyline. With the weight of a hidden sister and the ever-present threat of capture, their uneasy alliance begins to deepen in the dark. The cover by Jean-Pierre Gibrat captures the story’s brooding atmosphere perfectly.
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In Paris near the end of World War II Jeanne has been denounced for helping the resistance and arrested by the local collaborators. She escapes jail during an air raid in the company of Francois, a charismatic thief before they can be handed to the Gestapo, although Jeanne hurts her ankle doing so. A night on the rooftops reveals much about both of them, and they form a strange bond that becomes more when Jeanne requires hiding and help finding her sister.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).