Black-Box

In 2022, Pika Édition launched Black-Box, a taut six-issue miniseries that explores the moral and psychological weight of surveillance through a near-future lens. The story follows a specialist tasked with analyzing the final moments of people who have died, using a device that records their last sensory experiences—a premise that raises unsettling questions about privacy, trauma, and the ethics of witnessing. Written by the team behind the acclaimed Carbone & Silicium, the series is a sleek, noir-tinged science fiction thriller that stands out for its cool, clinical tone and its refusal to offer easy answers. It matters as a sharp, European take on a technology-driven anxiety that feels both timeless and urgently contemporary.