Het jaar van de olifant

In Het jaar van de olifant (2007–2008), Belgian cartoonist Willy Linthout, with contributions from Theo Linthout, crafts a deeply personal and unflinching eight-issue series for publisher Bries. The story grapples with the aftermath of a family tragedy, using stark, expressive black-and-white art to explore grief, memory, and the slow, painful process of healing. Linthout’s raw, autobiographical approach—drawn from his own experience—gives the work a devastating honesty, making it a quietly essential entry in European comics for its unvarnished portrayal of loss.