Un sac de billes #2

Two young boys huddle close together on a wooden floor, their anxious faces turned toward the looming, rifle-bearing soldier whose lower half fills the doorway above them — a single image that speaks volumes about fear, childhood, and occupation. This second volume of Vincent Bailly and Kris's adaptation of Joseph Joffo's beloved novel continues what is clearly a deeply felt, beautifully rendered graphic work, with Bailly's linework and coloring lending the scene both intimacy and quiet dread. Published by Futuropolis in 2012, Un sac de billes Deuxième Partie is the kind of bande dessinée that reminds you how powerfully comics can carry the weight of history.