Jour J #8

In this 2012 alternate-history series from Delcourt, Jour J #8 — "Paris brûle encore" — imagines a France shattered by eight years of civil war, with the UN now asserting its presence on French soil. The cover, rendered by Manchu and Fred Blanchard, sets the tone with quiet devastation: a lone armed soldier stands amid rubble before a graffiti-covered Parisian column, while a UN armored vehicle looms in the smoke-filled background. Writers Fred Duval, Jean-Pierre Pécau, and Fred Blanchard, with art by Damien, bring a chillingly plausible world where familiar Parisian landmarks feel both recognizable and heartbreakingly foreign.