Ma Petite Maîtresse

Ma Petite Maîtresse, a French comic series published by Soleil from 2008 to 2010, is an eight-issue run that explores a delicate, mature relationship between a young boy and the older woman who becomes his tutor and object of fascination. The series is most closely associated with writer Zidrou and artist Frederik Verval, who together craft a poignant, bittersweet coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of 1970s France. It matters for its nuanced, unsensationalized portrayal of a taboo dynamic, treating its characters with empathy and avoiding exploitation.