Katanga #3

The third chapter of Nury and Vallée's Katanga arrives with a cover that immediately commands attention: a poised young woman in a white dress stands in cool blue tones against a backdrop of armed soldiers rendered as dark silhouettes, the tension between her stillness and their menace speaking volumes. "Verbrokkeling" — fragmentation — is a fitting subtitle for what promises to be a story fracturing under the weight of conflict and consequence. Vallée's atmospheric cover work sets a brooding, cinematic tone that makes this 2019 Dargaud Benelux release impossible to set aside.