Arsene Schrauwen

Olivier Schrauwen’s Arsène Schrauwen (2015–present, Bries) is a single-issue graphic novel that blends autobiography, colonial history, and surreal fantasy. Written and drawn entirely by Schrauwen, it follows his grandfather’s fantastical, often absurd adventures in the jungles of 1940s Sumatra. The book is a landmark of contemporary European comics, celebrated for its meticulous, obsessive linework and its playful, disorienting narrative structure.