Tremen #[nn]

Pim Bos's Tremen, published by Dargaud Benelux in 2019, announces itself with an immediately arresting image: a lone, stocky figure in a quilted suit stands beside a hulking, cauldron-like mechanical creature perched on spindly legs, a thick hose connecting the two in a spare, fog-white landscape. The monochromatic palette and quiet tension between the human and this strange, bulbous machine hint at a world that is both intimate and profoundly odd. With Bos handling every aspect of the work — writing, drawing, inking, lettering, and coloring — Tremen carries the unmistakable vision of a singular storytelling voice.