Rendez-vous à Moscou #[nn]

A watercolor-bright cover sets the mood perfectly for this French-language graphic memoir from Warum — panels showing musicians rocking out, a woman in flowing white, a Moscow traffic jam packed with yellow cars, and a white limousine carrying carefree passengers on its roof all promise a lively, personal portrait of Russia. Konstantin Potapov's subtitle says it all: Boris Eltsine, les filles, le rock (et moi) — a coming-of-age cocktail of politics, girls, and guitars filtered through one man's Moscow memories. Published in 2019, this is a genuinely appealing slice of post-Soviet life rendered in loose, expressive brushwork that makes you want to jump in that limo immediately.