La perruche noire #[nn]

A small, boldly drawn black bird floats in a teal speech-bubble clearing, surrounded by a dense, squirming tangle of dark shapes that fill every corner of the cover — it's a striking visual tension between the creature's stillness and the chaos pressing in around it. Lars Sjunnesson brings his distinctively raw, graphic sensibility to this L'Association release, and the title La Perruche Noire ("The Black Parakeet") hints at a wry, possibly existential personality behind that watchful eye. Published in 2018, this is the kind of offbeat European comics work that rewards a second and third look.