Le ciel dans la tête #[nn]

The cover of this 2023 Denoël Graphic release stops you in your tracks: a close-up profile of a shaved-head figure whose very skull opens into a vast, star-filled night sky, while lush trees and a distant landscape are intricately rendered across the contours of their face and neck. It's a striking visual metaphor for inner worlds and memory, brought to life by the team of Altarriba, García Sánchez, and Moral. Le Ciel dans la Tête announces itself as exactly the kind of thoughtful, visually ambitious bande dessinée that reminds you why the form is so extraordinary.