L'aéropostale - Des pilotes de légende #3

The third volume of Soleil's L'Aéropostale — Des pilotes de légende turns its spotlight on Vachet, one of the storied aviators of the legendary French airmail service. Patrick Dumas's cover sets a gorgeous Mediterranean mood: a graceful biplane marked F-ALCE soars above a sun-drenched coastal town of stacked stone buildings and terracotta rooftops, while on the quayside below, a woman in a red dress stands near weathered rowboats as figures go about their day. With writing by Christophe Bec and colors by Diogo Saito bathing the scene in warm, luminous light, this 2014 album promises the romance and daring of early aviation rendered with real care and visual elegance.