Gek op moorden

In 2012, the Dutch publisher Oog & Blik (with De Bezige Bij) released a single-issue Dutch-language edition of Gek op moorden, a crime graphic novel by the celebrated French team of writer Jean-Patrick Manchette and artist-writer Jacques Tardi. This one-shot collects their taut, noirish adaptation of Manchette's own novel, a stark and violent thriller about a serial killer's unsettling obsession. Tardi's signature ligne claire style brings a chilling precision to the story's grim, psychological tension. It stands as a key example of the European bande dessinée's ability to merge literary crime fiction with uncompromising comics artistry.