Frustration

Claire Bretécher’s Frustration is a sharp, single-issue comic from 1987, published by Grove Press. The book collects a series of bitingly satirical vignettes that skewer the neuroses and social pretensions of the French bourgeoisie, rendered in Bretécher’s signature expressive, minimalist linework. As a landmark of European humor comics, it showcases the acerbic wit of one of France’s most celebrated cartoonists, whose work here remains a timeless critique of everyday absurdities.