For its 48thvolume, the D-Day series innovates. For the first time, Jean Pierre Pécau finds himself, alone, at the helm of the script, without his usual companion Fred Duval. It plunges us into a period that has already made readers happy (read Apocalypse on the Texa, Who killed the president? ), the 1960s in the United States. Served by the excellent drawings of Dionysius, this opus brilliantly inaugurates a fascinating diptych on the troubled America of the Kennedy years.
The other brother
The D-Day series offers uchronies built on hypotheses, credible historical facts. In this volume, Jean Pierre Pécau takes us to 1968. In the story we know, Robert Kennedy, brother of the president of the same name assassinated in Dallas in 1963, was in turn the victim of a killer while he was in the middle of an election campaign.It was Nixon who became president leading the E.U.A in the spiral of Vietnam before causing a political earthquake in the wake of the Watergate scandal. But in this other story, a young African-American cook, Frank Lincoln, intervenes narrowly to foil the assassination. Robert Kennedy then offered him to join his security team. A job far from any rest because the Democratic candidate is in the line of sight of the anti-Castro, the mafia or even the F.B.I. His new bodyguard will have to wander between old and new friends to protect his target and learn more about the Dallas bombing. 
The Black Knight of Camelot : once upon a time in America
The D-Day series quickly gained readership thanks to the quality of its immersion. Indeed, as in any good uchrony, the story is based on a perfectly realistic atmosphere. This volume is no exception to the rule and takes us to an America ready to explode. Racial tensions are increasing, the confrontation with the U.S.A.S.S remains pregnant, spying plagues all spheres of police services. And to top it off, political assassination knows no bounds : J.F.K, Martin Luther King were victims. To this atmosphere is added a gallery of historical characters very well integrated. First, the brother of the former president and his progressive program ahead of his time. Then there are all the shadow figures who, directly or indirectly, dipped into the shady business of that time: Hoover, the mobster Sam Giancana, the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa. Between these big fish reigns a climate of mistrust, more or less cordial understanding against a backdrop of turf war. Only one element unites them: to prevent another Kennedy from ruining their business. 
A clan story
A previous album (the10th, The Kennedy Gang) had looked at the dark side of this family famous in particular for its mafia past. Here, Pécau chooses to focus on the noble face, that of the last brother, the righter of wrong. While telling its story, this opus returns to the Affair that still tears America apart: the Dallas bombing. The Black Knight of Camelot is actually a counter-investigation aimed at flushing out the real perpetrators of the assassination. It is therefore a story of revenge on the part of the one who did not forget anything and especially not those responsible for the death of his brother. Dionysius' drawing lends itself perfectly to this investigative narrative. Its sober layout serves wonderfully the polar atmosphere. His drawing offers in-depth interiors, almost reassuring, contrasting with outdoor scenes insisting, on the contrary, on the feeling of permanent surveillance. The close-ups on the faces allow, moreover, to follow perfectly the gallery of characters who agitate in a fight to the death worthy of the Godfather. The narrative is finally very dynamic worthy of the best films of the genre such as the J.F.K by Oliver Stone. 
We can only recommend this new opus of the D-Day series which, volume after volume, continues to explore the potential of uchrony. Find here the review of Tezucomi, a remarkable title published by the Delcourt publishing house.
