Jack Palmer #10

René Pétillon's cover for Un Privé dans la Nuit perfectly captures the comic mood of the series: rumpled private eye Jack Palmer is sound asleep in bed, trench coat and all, while a dramatically lit Parisian roofscape glows through the open window behind him. It's a wonderfully deadpan image — the city is alive with intrigue, and our detective is blissfully oblivious to all of it. Published by Albin Michel/L'Écho des Savanes in 1993, this tenth album is a fine entry point into one of French comics' most charming detective series.