Jolies ténèbres

In the haunting graphic novel Jolies ténèbres, Fabien Vehlmann and Marie Pommepuy craft a darkly whimsical fable where a tiny, doll-like community struggles to survive after being uprooted from its home in a girl’s head and cast into a hostile forest. Published by Dupuis from 2009, this single-issue work is brought to life by the delicate, deceptively sweet watercolors of artist Kerascoët, whose charming style contrasts sharply with the story’s savage, unsettling themes. A stark meditation on innocence and cruelty, it stands as a quietly essential work in European comics.