La chapelle du démon #[nn]

Part of Glénat's Série BD Noire, this 1981 French album from G. Bouchard delivers exactly the unsettling mood its title — La chapelle du démon — promises. The cover depicts a gaunt, menacing older figure gripping a frightened woman, the two rendered in an angular, expressionistic style that fragments their forms like a shattered window. Bouchard's linework is taut and atmospheric, making this a compelling showcase of the darker edge of European bande dessinée in 1981.