Iemand om mee te praten #[nn]

A quiet, sun-dappled cover sets a wistful, human tone for this 2024 Lauwert graphic album: a young child perches in the branches of a lush tree, clutching an old-fashioned rotary telephone, while a scruffy adult man sits lower in the same tree holding a receiver to his ear — a black cat watching nearby. Grégory Panaccione's delicate linework and soft green palette give the scene a tender, almost dreamlike warmth that hints at connection across distance or difference. Based on Cyril Massarotto's novel and adapted by Panaccione, Iemand om mee te praten looks like a deeply felt story about the simple, urgent need to be heard.