Justine

A single-issue 1991 graphic novel from Catalan Communications, Justine adapts the Marquis de Sade’s infamous novel through the unmistakable, chiaroscuro-heavy linework of Italian master Guido Crepax. This stark, adult-oriented comic translates Sade’s philosophical tale of a perpetually virtuous woman beset by cruelty into Crepax’s signature visual language of fragmented panels and erotic tension. While brief, the issue stands as a notable example of Crepax's late-career literary adaptations, merging high-art aesthetics with the transgressive source material.