Le complexe du chimpanzé #3

The third volume of Le complexe du chimpanzé arrives with a cover that immediately arrests the eye: a suited astronaut — eyes closed, expression serene yet haunted — looms against the burning rust-red face of what appears to be Mars, while a small child stands below, her back turned, gazing up at that immense planetary sphere. Jean-Michel Ponzio's cover art balances quiet vulnerability with cosmic scale in a way that feels both intimate and vast. With writer Richard Marazano and Ponzio bringing this chapter — subtitled "Civilisation" — to life through Dargaud in 2008, this is science fiction bande dessinée at its most visually thoughtful.