Acting Class

Nick Drnaso’s Acting Class (2022–present, Aufbau-Verlag) is a single-issue graphic novel from the acclaimed creator of Sabrina, exploring the unsettling dynamics of a ten-week acting workshop where participants’ exercises blur the line between performance and reality. Through Drnaso’s signature flat, precise art and restrained storytelling, the book examines how group role-play can expose hidden anxieties and social fractures. It stands as a quietly unsettling meditation on identity, empathy, and the masks we wear.