Pain d’Alouette

Set in a near-future France, Pain d’Alouette is a single-issue comic from Futuropolis (2022–present) that explores the quiet, everyday tensions of a rural community through its bakery. The series, associated with its creator’s intimate, slice-of-life storytelling, matters for its grounded, character-driven approach to speculative fiction, offering a subtle meditation on change and tradition in a small village.