La vie mystérieuse, insolente et héroïque du Dr James Barry (née Margaret Bulkley)

A surprisingly lively and well-researched one-shot from French publisher Steinkis, this 2020 comic dramatizes the true story of Dr. James Barry—a pioneering 19th-century British army surgeon who, after death, was revealed to have been born Margaret Bulkley. The book balances the quiet dignity of its subject's medical and social achievements with the absurd, often perilous lengths required to maintain a secret identity in Victorian society. It's a compact, compelling entry in the growing field of historical nonfiction comics, notable for bringing a complex, real-life figure to a modern audience without sensationalism.