This is a creepy little story about a famous novelist who comes to a small town by a bay for a long summer weekend. She meets this young man who becomes her lover. Here, we see him showing off his acting chops by imitating her. At the bottom of the page, they are getting on a boat to go spend the day on the bay by themselves. It’s difficult to make out, but in the last panel, he’s carrying her typewriter which “goes everywhere she goes.”

Over the course of the next few pages, he shows her that he’s changed his hair to match hers. And then we see an isolated panel of the typewriter falling into the water. And then only one person (her, ostensibly) gets off the boat, gets in the car and drives away. The implication being that he took her place.

The linework is nice and thick, which suits the noir tone of the piece. But it’s really the coloring that stands out – look at how well the blues pop and that bright red building in the bottom tier. The color really gives a good sense of place – where the scene is taking place.

(Heavy Metal issue #120, May 1989 – Page 97 July Butterfly by Theureau and Galliano)