Plankgas #15

A sleek Matra-Simca prototype, racing number 11, surges toward the viewer in moody twilight blues — it's a striking image that immediately evokes the drama and atmosphere of early-1970s endurance racing at Le Mans. This 2022 Dutch-language volume from Daedalus brings Denis Bernard and Dieter Van Tilburgh's story of "De Matra-jaren" (1972–1974) to life through the detailed linework and coloring of Christian Papazoglakis, Robert Paquet, and Tanja Cinna. Fans of motorsport history and bande dessinée will find this a thoroughly appealing celebration of one of racing's most storied eras.