Ut #1

Published by Mosquito in 2017, this French-language album from the creative team of Roi & Barbato opens their series Ut with a striking visual statement: a masked, golden-robed figure stares forward with quiet menace, a small black cat perched at his shoulder against a muted background layered with fragmented letters and numbers. Subtitled Les Venelles de la faim ("The Alleys of Hunger"), the volume promises a moody, atmospheric world where strange characters and cryptic symbolism set the tone from the very first glance.