La Revue Dessinée #12

The summer 2016 edition of La Revue Dessinée arrives with its signature blend of comics journalism, tackling topics as varied as nuclear military strategy, Bhutan's happiness index, disaster insurance, and the gay rights movement in 1970s Paris. The cover illustration is a striking, warmly colored scene: a woman in a yellow dress shields her eyes against the light while a red-clad figure walks along an elevated path above her, evoking a mood of searching and discovery that suits a magazine dedicated to investigative reportage in comic form. At 16 EUR, this quarterly digest offers an ambitious range of nonfiction storytelling for readers who appreciate thoughtful, beautifully drawn documentary comics.