Le Pays des Purs #[nn]

A young woman wrapped in a headscarf clutches binoculars and pushes forward against the wind, while behind her a crowd surges through smoke and flame and a snow-dusted wreck sits at the edge of the frame — Sarah Caron's linework sets a tone of urgent, ground-level witness from the very first glance. Published by La Boîte à Bulles with writing by Hubert Maury, Le Pays des Purs announces itself in 2017 as a franco-Belgian graphic novel with real dramatic weight. If you're drawn to stories told from the midst of conflict rather than above it, this cover alone makes a compelling case.