Pigalle, 1950 #[nn]

Set against the brooding silhouette of Sacré-Cœur rising through a stormy Parisian sky, this 2023 Daedalus release from writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Michel Arroyo promises a moody plunge into postwar France. Arroyo's cover — rendered in rich, cinematic black and white — places a solitary, trench-coated figure ascending a gaslit staircase toward the basilica, every shadow whispering of noir intrigue in the Pigalle district. It's a beautifully atmospheric entry point into what looks to be a thoroughly evocative crime story rooted in the gritty romance of 1950 Paris.