Les idolâtres #[nn]

Published by Dargaud in 2024, Les Idolâtres is a new work from the endlessly inventive Joann Sfar, whose line work here carries all the warmth and sensitivity his readers have come to love. The cover — pencilled and inked by Sfar himself, with colors by Brigitte Findakly — presents a tender, quietly arresting image: a woman in a patterned dress holds a newborn close against a sun-warmed Mediterranean backdrop of rocky coastline and calm water. There's an intimacy and emotional weight to this image that promises something deeply human at the heart of the story within.