Don Vega

In this 2021 series from Splitter Verlag, writer-artist Pierre Alary launches a single-issue Western graphic novel following the titular Don Vega, a Spanish nobleman whose life is upended by the arrival of American expansion and the California Gold Rush. The story blends historical adventure with a personal quest, as Vega confronts the brutal realities of frontier lawlessness and cultural clash. Alary’s detailed, expressive artwork and cinematic storytelling mark this as a distinctive European take on the genre.