Les Années Spoutnik

Set in a French industrial town in the late 1950s, this four-issue series from Casterman captures a pivotal moment of social and political awakening. Writer-artist Baru follows a group of working-class teenagers as the eruption of the Algerian War and the launch of Sputnik test their friendships and dreams. With its gritty, expressive black-and-white art, the series is a vivid, human-scale portrait of a generation caught between Cold War anxieties and personal rebellion.