Trou de mémoire #1

A stark black cover sets an immediate, unsettling tone for this French thriller from Regnauld and Seiter: a suited man kneels amid scattered drops of blood, a pistol lying nearby, his grinning expression strangely at odds with the dire scene around him. Trou de mémoire — "Memory Lapse" — promises a noir mystery with a darkly playful edge, and this first of two volumes subtitled Gila Monster wastes no time establishing its sinister atmosphere. If you're drawn to European crime comics with sharp graphic sensibility, this 2015 Editions du Long Bec release looks like a compelling place to start.