Canal Mussolini

Set in Fascist Italy, Canal Mussolini is a 2017 graphic novel from French publisher Steinkis that explores a lesser-known chapter of history: the forced relocation of Italian peasants to drain the Pontine Marshes under Mussolini’s regime. Written and drawn by the creative team, the single-issue work offers a stark, human-scale look at propaganda, labor, and the cost of grand political ambitions. It matters as a focused, historically grounded comic that brings a specific, often-overlooked moment of 20th-century Europe into vivid, critical light.