L'Étoile du désert

In the four-issue series L'Étoile du désert (2012–2017), Dargaud presents a taut, self-contained Western saga that blends gritty survival with quiet character study. Set against the harsh, sun-scorched landscapes of the American frontier, the story follows a lone traveler whose path collides with a small, struggling community, forcing uneasy alliances and buried secrets to surface. While the series is brief, its focused storytelling and atmospheric art—most notably from writer/artist Christophe Blain—earned it a place among notable modern Franco-Belgian Westerns, offering a lean, visually striking take on the genre's classic themes of isolation and redemption.