Une enquête de l'inspecteur Canardo #18

Sokal's brooding neo-noir detective series returns with this 2009 Casterman entry, La fille sans visage — and the cover sets an unmistakably melancholic tone: a single tear rolls from one dramatically rendered eye framed by flowing red hair, the face cropped and obscured in a way that makes the title's promise feel immediate and haunting. It's a quietly arresting image, all close-up emotion and stylish tension, that showcases why Inspecteur Canardo has remained one of Franco-Belgian crime comics' most compelling ongoing investigations.