Robert Sax #2

The moody, rain-slicked streets of what appears to be mid-century Paris set a wonderfully atmospheric stage for Paradis perdus, the second chapter of Delcourt's Robert Sax series. On the cover, a sharply dressed man in a red scarf stands confidently before the illuminated façade of Au Bon Marché, while a shadowy figure in a brown coat looms in the foreground clutching a pistol — an immediate tension between elegance and danger. Louis Alloing's linework, colored by Drac, delivers a quietly cinematic noir palette that makes this 2016 album feel like a rain-soaked French thriller you'll want to read in one sitting.