Une affaire d'états #[nn]

A gripping piece of French political comics from 2017, Une affaire d'états by David Servenay and Thierry Martin opens with a cover steeped in the cold theater of diplomatic ceremony — two men shake hands on a red carpet beneath ornate columns, surrounded by cameras, microphones, and the trappings of official power, while a flag and an unseen crowd of press loom in the background. The cover's bold headline announces the central premise without flinching: October 1995, Judge Borrel is assassinated in Djibouti. Servenay and Martin set a serious, journalistic tone here, promising a story that sits at the crossroads of statecraft and scandal.