Maertens

A darkly comedic and surreal one-shot from Germany’s Jaja Verlag, Maertens (2018) is the sole creation of writer-artist Maximilian Hillerzeder. The issue presents a deadpan, absurdist vignette, its tone and style emblematic of the small press’s penchant for experimental, often unsettling storytelling. It stands as a compact, singular artifact of Hillerzeder’s distinctive voice in contemporary European comics.