People on the Phone

One of the things that stuck out to me in Pterror over Paris was the use of phone calls throughout the story. The first instance is early on where many of the authority figures are attempting to determine an effective way to deal with the pterodactyl problem. Throughout these panels, there is a fair amount of confusion as to who is who and what each character's motives are. This convolution helps aid the story in that the mysterious aspect of what exactly is going on is hard to unravel. Later, after Adele is on the phone with Zborowsky, Adele receives a mysterious call from a stranger claiming to know her true identity and her intentions. The introduction of a new aspect is made possible through the conversation over the phone in that Adele does not know who is calling her and Tardi is able to hide the face of the caller from the reader. This allows for an ambiguity of who the caller is, something that would be more difficult to portray in a face to face meeting.