Crusaders
Soleil · 2019–2023 · 5 issues
🌐 French edition · descriptions in English
About the series
A five-issue miniseries from French publisher Soleil, Crusaders (2019–2023) brings a modern, grounded sensibility to the medieval crusades, focusing on the gritty human cost of holy war rather than mythic heroics. The series is most associated with writer and artist Zhang Xiaoyu, whose stark, expressive artwork anchors the story in a world of mud, blood, and moral ambiguity. It matters as a compact, self-contained epic that reexamines a familiar historical setting through a European bande dessinée lens, offering a visceral and intimate counterpoint to more fantastical treatments.