L'art moderne

Joost Swarte's L'art moderne is a single-issue comic from Les Humanoïdes Associés, launched in 1980 and still ongoing—a playful, self-contained meditation on modern art. Written by Johannes van Dam and Swarte, with Swarte handling the art, it distills the publisher's avant-garde spirit into a concise, visually clever statement. Its enduring presence on the racks, despite its brevity, makes it a curious artifact of European comics' engagement with high culture.