Les compagnons de la Libération #9

Part of Bamboo Édition's Les Compagnons de la Libération series, this ninth volume turns its attention to Vassieux-en-Vercors, one of the most stirring chapters of French wartime resistance. The cover, crafted by Jean-Yves Le Naour and Claude Plumail, pulls you straight into the moment: three figures on a hillside look skyward as a fleet of aircraft fills a pale blue sky, releasing wave after wave of paratroopers whose canopies bloom white against the dramatic mountain landscape. It's a genuinely moving image — quiet awe on the ground meeting the vast, dangerous promise descending from above — and a fine introduction to this 2023 entry in a series dedicated to honoring those who fought for France's liberation.