Histoires du quartier #2

The narrow, sun-bleached alleyways of a dense urban neighborhood set the mood for this second volume in Gabi Beltrán and Bartolomé Seguí's slice-of-life series, Chemins — a child on a bicycle pausing mid-lane while a cat watches from a rooftop above captures the quiet, lived-in atmosphere perfectly. Seguí's detailed linework brings every crumbling façade, dangling wire, and potted plant to life with warm affection for ordinary street-level existence. Published by Gallimard in 2015, this is the kind of thoughtful graphic storytelling that finds genuine drama in everyday crossroads.