Munch #[nn]

Steffen Kverneland's graphic biography Munch from SelfMadeHero offers an intimate, painterly look at the life of Edvard Munch through a style that feels as expressive as its subject. The cover page shown here unfolds across four panels: a handwritten letter dated Berlin, 1892, a map marking Christiania and Berlin, a caricatured figure holding an envelope beneath a question mark, and a close-up of hands gripping a letter — together evoking themes of correspondence, artistic reputation, and the anxious distance between cities. With writing, art, inking, and coloring all by Kverneland, and lettering by Txabi Jones, this 2016 volume has the feel of a labor of love translated beautifully onto the page.