La Diète #[nn]

Ignacio Noé's La Diète, published by Dynamite in 2013, announces itself with a boldly provocative cover — a dominatrix figure in a Mickey Mouse mask brandishing a whip over a bound, nude woman rendered in Noé's richly warm, painterly watercolor style. The interplay of dark humor and adult sensuality is immediately apparent, setting the tone for the kind of boundary-pushing work Noé both writes and illustrates here in full. At 14.80 EUR, this French-language album is a striking showcase of one creator's complete vision, from pencils and inks to color.