Joséphine Baker

A tribute to one of history's most electrifying performers, this comics incarnation of Joséphine Baker arrived in the Modern Age pages of BD Chanson in 2006, brought to life by the gifted Chloé Cruchaudet. She's appeared across a handful of carefully curated titles — including the celebrated Culottées, Pénélope Bagieu's anthology of fearless, boundary-breaking women — which tells you everything about the caliber of company she keeps on the page. Small in number but rich in intention, her comics appearances reflect the same magnetic, larger-than-life presence that made the real Baker impossible to ignore.