Mendiants et Orgueilleux #[nn]

A rich tapestry of faces fills this Futuropolis album's cover — men in traditional red fezzes, a striking woman with luminous eyes, elders, and children all pressing together in a vivid, warmly colored crowd scene that immediately evokes the bustling human drama of Cairo street life. The collaboration between Golo and Cossery brings Albert Cossery's celebrated French-language Egyptian novel to the comics page, and this cover alone radiates the kind of character depth and cultural texture that makes the adaptation feel genuinely compelling. At 17,00 EUR in 2009, this is a beautiful entry point into one of French-language comics' more distinctive literary adaptations.