Mannen onder elkaar #[nn]

Three men rendered in muted rose-pink tones drift across a cool blue-grey ground — one looming large in the foreground, one shielding his eyes in the middle distance, and one small and hooded far behind — capturing a quiet sense of isolation and masculine disconnection that feels both intimate and unsettling. Zep handles every line, ink, and color himself, and the restrained two-tone palette gives the whole image a moody, contemplative weight entirely suited to a story titled Mannen onder elkaar ("Men Among Themselves"). Published by Daedalus in 2017, this Dutch-language volume is a compelling showcase of Zep's range well beyond his better-known work.