Ni Dieu ni maître #[nn]

A striking cover sets the tone immediately: an elderly bearded man peers through a barred prison window, bathed in warm lamplight against the cold stone walls of his cell — a quietly powerful image of confinement and defiance. Created by Locatelli Kournwsky and Le Roy, this Casterman release draws on the life of Auguste Blanqui, the French revolutionary whose very subtitle — L'Enfermé ("The Imprisoned") — speaks to a life spent behind bars for his beliefs. Published in 2014, it's a compelling portrait of political struggle rendered with understated intensity.