A Small Killing

Alan Moore and Oscar Zárate’s A Small Killing is a single, self-contained graphic novel published in 1991 by Victor Gollancz. A haunting psychological thriller, it follows an advertising executive haunted by the ghost of his childhood self as he travels to a business meeting in Moscow. Zárate’s lush painted artwork gives the story a dreamlike, unsettling texture, while Moore’s script probes memory, guilt, and the cost of ambition. This mature, introspective work remains a striking example of both creators’ willingness to experiment with form and theme outside the superhero mainstream.