Le Dormeur

A single-issue 1993 comic from French publisher Cornélius, Le Dormeur stands as an enduring, enigmatic work—a silent, dreamlike narrative told entirely without words. Its creator, whose name is synonymous with the series, crafts a hauntingly beautiful meditation on solitude and the passage of time through meticulous, atmospheric art. Though brief in length, its reputation as a masterwork of wordless storytelling has kept it in quiet conversation for decades.