Hound Dog #[nn]

A striking blood-orange cover sets the mood for Nicolas Pegon's Hound Dog — a solitary figure and a dog stand atop a vast, shadowy expanse of rocks, rendered in bold two-tone silhouette. The graphic starkness of the image feels immediately cinematic, and it's no surprise the book earned the Fauve Polar SNCF at the 2023 Festival International d'Angoulême de la Bande Dessinée. Published by Denoël Graphic, this is the kind of noir-inflected album that makes an impression before you've even turned a single page.