Les enfants ne se laissaient pas faire #[nn]

From Joann Sfar and published by Gallimard Bande Dessinée, this 2023 volume announces itself with quiet intensity — its cover presenting a solitary young child rendered in warm reddish tones, wide-eyed and watchful, seated as if weighing the world with careful suspicion. The title, Les enfants ne se laissaient pas faire ("The children didn't let themselves be pushed around"), perfectly frames that gaze: small but undefeated. Sfar's loose, expressive linework gives the figure an immediacy that draws you in before you've even opened the first page.