L'Araignée de Mashhad

In this single-issue French graphic novel from çà et là, L'Araignée de Mashhad (2017–present) offers a stark, fictionalized account of a real-life serial predator who terrorized the Iranian city of Mashhad. The story is anchored by its unflinching focus on the societal and legal failures that allowed the crimes to persist, making it a potent work of true-crime comics. While the creative team is not specified in the provided facts, the book stands as a notable example of European graphic journalism tackling a harrowing contemporary subject.