La Lanterne magique

Guido Crepax—the master of surreal, erotic comics—created La Lanterne magique for Glénat in 1980, a single-issue graphic novel that stands as a self-contained fever dream of visual storytelling. The series is essentially a showcase for Crepax’s signature style: a dense, dreamlike narrative where reality bends through his elegant, black-and-white linework and fragmented panels. It matters as a concentrated example of his late-career exploration of fantasy and desire, offering a standalone entry point into his distinctive, avant-garde world.