Le Pauvre Chevalier #[nn]

A solitary knight in red, mounted on a dappled grey horse, cuts a quietly melancholic figure against a stark black sky streaked with falling meteors — Fmurrr's cover for this Dargaud release has an understated, almost wry poetry to it. The title Le Pauvre Chevalier ("The Poor Knight") sets the tone perfectly: not a triumphant hero, but someone adrift beneath an indifferent cosmos. Published in 2003, it's a beautifully spare image that promises something thoughtful and gently absurdist within.