Les parques #2

The second chapter of Hugues Micol's Les Parques arrives with one of the more striking covers you'll encounter in Franco-Belgian comics: a fierce mandrill crouched defiantly over a torn Nazi flag, a suitcase at its side, while a crowd of wartime figures looms in the misty background. The subtitle A Sangre y Fuego — "By Blood and Fire" — signals that this WWII-era story from Vents d'Ouest is heading somewhere intense and uncompromising. Micol's imagery is bold and immediate, making this 2008 release a compelling pick for readers drawn to European comics that tackle history with raw, unsettling energy.