Blood of the Virgin

In Blood of the Virgin, cartoonist Sammy Harkham delivers a stark, immersive drama set in the 1970s Hollywood exploitation film industry, following a young editor struggling to balance his artistic ambitions with the brutal realities of low-budget filmmaking. Published by Cornélius and launched in 2023, the series is a masterwork of visual storytelling, with Harkham’s dense, expressive art capturing the grime and desperation of its world. Though only one issue has been released, its meticulous craft and deeply personal narrative have already marked it as a significant work in contemporary comics, offering a raw meditation on creativity, compromise, and the cost of chasing a dream.