Jonas Fink #2

Vittorio Giardino's second Jonas Fink album, L'Apprentissage, arrives in 1997 from Casterman with a cover that draws you straight into the quiet streets of Prague — a young man in a red beret and green scarf walks alongside a blonde woman in a navy coat clutching a book, the archway and Cyrillic-tinged signage behind them setting an unmistakably Eastern European mood. Giardino's linework is restrained and elegant, giving the two figures a naturalistic warmth that feels more like literary fiction than superhero spectacle. If you appreciate thoughtful, carefully crafted European comics with a strong sense of place and character, this volume belongs in your collection.