Everyday life in Angoulême: two young people sit on the wall outside the town hall and share a moment of digital togetherness, Rue de Genève, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The street sign above them is shaped like a speech bubble and names the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. Comics and the present merge. The young man wears a blue baseball cap and a black sweatshirt with a blue print, the young woman a black jumper and a braid. Both sit cross-legged on the stone wall, heads bent towards each other, in front of a wrought-iron grille. The city has been a UNESCO Creative City of Literature since 2019.