L'Homme de l'année #3

A haunting battlefield panorama sets the tone for this 2013 Delcourt entry in L'Homme de l'année, as a lone French Imperial soldier stands upright amid fallen comrades and shattered cannon on what the subtitle identifies as Waterloo. The grim, smoky scene — ranks of troops stretching into the distance behind the solitary figure — frames the story of "l'homme qui hurla 'Merde!' à Waterloo," a tantalizing promise of one ordinary man caught in history's most dramatic turning point. With Latour, Gin, and Schelle crafting this portrait of 1815, the series continues its compelling mission of placing a single human life at the heart of a world-changing year.