Jeruzalem #[nn]

Guy Delisle's Jeruzalem opens with a quietly arresting image: a lone figure — rendered in Delisle's characteristically spare linework — sits hunched over a sketchbook or notebook in the foreground, while the ancient stone walls, arched gates, cemetery markers, and a domed structure of Jerusalem stretch out behind him. The muted, sandy palette and unhurried composition immediately signal the kind of observational, on-the-ground storytelling that Delisle does so well. Published in 2014 by Scratch Books, this is an intimate graphic travelogue from one of the most distinctive voices in autobiographical comics.