Gustave Doré: Twelve Comic Strips

This scholarly collection from the University Press of Mississippi gathers twelve pioneering comic strips by the legendary 19th-century French artist Gustave Doré, best known for his iconic book illustrations. Published as a single volume in 2015 and still in print, it showcases Doré’s often-overlooked narrative sequences, revealing his early experiments with sequential art decades before the medium’s formal recognition. Assembled and contextualized by modern editors, the book highlights Doré’s visual storytelling genius, bridging his fine-art legacy with the roots of comics history.