Knock out!

Reinhard Kleist’s Knock Out! (2020–present, Scratch Books) is a single-issue graphic novel that explores the life of a legendary boxer, blending raw athletic drama with the social tensions of its era. Kleist, the sole writer and artist, brings his signature gritty, expressive style to this compact, visceral story. It matters as a focused, standalone work from a celebrated European cartoonist known for his biographical comics.