Lysistrata

Ralf König’s one-shot Lysistrata (1992, Glénat) adapts Aristophanes’ classic anti-war comedy into a bawdy, modern-dress farce, with König’s signature queer and satirical sensibility. As both writer and artist, König reimagines the ancient Greek sex strike as a raucous, character-driven battle of the sexes, swapping classical verse for irreverent humor. This standalone comic stands as a key European example of how a beloved underground cartoonist can reanimate a canonical text for a contemporary audience.