Gare centrale #[nn]

Published by Rackham in 1994, this French-language album from writer Lewis Trondheim and artist Jean-Pierre Duffour opens with a striking image: a lone anthropomorphic figure in a suit standing atop an enormous clock face, its hands pointing sharply downward. Duffour's cool, atmospheric palette — muted blues against the stark white dial — gives the scene a quietly unsettling, noir-tinged mood. A collaboration between two distinctive talents, Gare centrale promises a story where time, place, and perhaps a missed connection loom very large indeed.