Les lumières de Tyr #[nn]

Published by Steinkis in 2012, Les Lumières de Tyr is a striking Franco-Belgian-style graphic work by writer Joseph Safieddine and artist Xavier Jimenez, rendered in bold black-and-white ink with warm golden accents. The cover sweeps us over a recognizable Middle Eastern cityscape — minarets and rooftops stretching to the horizon — where a caped, masked young hero surges forward in dynamic flight while a second figure crouches behind him, and a lone parachutist drifts through the sky above. It's an evocative, confident introduction to what promises to be an adventure rooted in the urban landscape of Tyr.