Drames de clowns

Alain Beaulet’s Drames de clowns is a single-issue French comic from 2019 that distills the tragicomic pathos of clowning into a concise, wordless narrative. Published by the independent press that bears the author’s name, the book uses Beaulet’s expressive, minimalist linework to explore the silent, melancholic underbelly of circus performance. It stands as a quiet, self-contained meditation on the loneliness behind the painted smile, notable for its stark economy of storytelling.